spasm

[Spasm]

A spasm is a sudden constriction of a muscle or blood vessel. This idea can be generalized to anything that occurs suddenly and lasts a short while. Except for a brief spasm of yard work, you had a perfectly lazy Sunday.

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An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers.

Noun
(pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)

Noun
a painful and involuntary muscular contraction

v. t.
An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers.

v. t.
A sudden, violent, and temporary effort or emotion; as, a spasm of repentance.

Spasm

Spasm , n. [F. spasme, L. spasmus, Gr. , from , , to draw, to cause convulsion. Cf. Span, v. t.] 1. (Med.) An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers. &hand; Spasm are usually either clonic or tonic. In clonic spasm, the muscles or muscular fibers contract and relax alternately in very quick succession. In tonic spasm, the contraction is steady and uniform, and continues for a comparatively long time, as in tetanus. 2. A sudden, violent, and temporary effort or emotion; as, a spasm of repentance. Cynic spasm (Med.) See under Cynic. -- Spasm of the chest. See Angina pectoris, under Angina.

An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers.

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