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himbig : spasm (n.)

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spasm
n. (state)1. cramp, muscle spasm, spasma painful and involuntary muscular contraction.
~ symptom(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease.
~ charley-horse, charley horsea muscular cramp (especially in the thigh or calf) following vigorous exercise.
~ graphospasm, writer's crampmuscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil.
~ blepharospasmspasm of the eyelid muscle resulting in closure of the eye.
~ crick, kink, rick, wricka painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British).
~ myoclonusa clonic spasm of a muscle or muscle group.
~ opisthotonossevere spasm in which the back arches and the head bends back and heels flex toward the back.
~ twitch, twitching, vellicationa sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition.
~ tenesmuspainful spasm of the anal sphincter along with an urgent desire to defecate without the significant production of feces; associated with irritable bowel syndrome.
~ trismusprolonged spasm of the jaw muscles.
n. (act)2. spasm(pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel).
~ bronchospasma spasm of the bronchi that makes exhalation difficult and noisy; associated with asthma and bronchitis.
~ cardiospasma spasm of the cardiac sphincter (between the esophagus and the stomach); if the cardiac sphincter does not relax during swallowing the passage of food into the stomach is obstructed.
~ retch, heavean involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting.; "a bad case of the heaves"
~ laryngismuslaryngeal spasm caused by the sudden contraction of laryngeal muscles.
~ constrictionthe action or process of compressing.
~ pathologythe branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases.