Spasm

Word SPASM
Character 5
Hyphenation spasm
Pronunciations /ˈspæz.əm/

Definitions and meanings of "Spasm"

What do we mean by spasm?

A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle or group of muscles. noun

A sudden burst of energy, activity, or emotion. noun

Excessive muscular contraction. noun

In general, any sudden transitory movement of a convulsive character, voluntary or involuntary; an abnormally energetic action or phase of feeling; a wrenching strain or effort: as, a spasm of industry, of grief, of fright, etc.; a spasm of pain or of coughing. noun

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

A sudden, violent, and temporary effort or emotion. noun

See under Cynic. noun

See Angina pectoris, under Angina. noun

A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ. noun

A violent, excruciating seizure of pain. noun

A sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion. noun

To produce and undergo a spasm. verb

A painful and involuntary muscular contraction noun

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

A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ.

A violent, excruciating seizure of pain.

A sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Spasm

The word "spasm" in example sentences

Muscles in spasm, cut off from ligaments and blood straining with effort to keep the heart working. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Last night, however, my back in spasm from too much sitting, my wrists tingling and aching from too much typing, my husband (legitimately) annoyed because I was in a foul mood, my older son nearly in tears because his homework was to look through our trash and act like an archeologist but there is no good trash!, ❋ Unknown (2007)

If Ms Spence had been black that would surely have left the home office twitching in spasm. on September 19, 2007 at 8: 04 am | Reply dickiebo ❋ Inspector Gadget (2007)

"When the patient came into the clinic the next day," recalls physical therapist Brian Hagen, facility director at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Sports Medicine, "he was in very significant pain from acute lower back muscle spasm, which is the body's way of 'splinting' itself to prevent further damage." ❋ Unknown (2005)

The affected limbs exhibit muscular rigidity or spasm, which is aggravated on movement but disappears under an anæsthetic; the reflexes are exaggerated, and sometimes there are perverted involuntary movements (_athetosis_). ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

Devine called the spasm "minor" and said he believes it will calm down by today's doubleheader. ❋ Chronicle [email protected] (Susan Slusser (2011)

She calls the decline in northward migration a "spasm" - not a lasting reality. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I saw him expire with an anguish, unaccountable even to myself, the spasm was as the wrenching of some limb in agonizing torture, but it was brief as it was intolerable. ❋ Unknown (1826)

A spasm occurs when a wrong message from the nerve causes the muscle to move.

Miss Sally took another pinch, and putting her head on one side, looked at her questioner, with a curious kind of spasm about her mouth, but with ❋ Unknown (2007)

He was, to all appearance, very ill indeed, and shook and shivered horribly; not as people do from cold, but in a frightful kind of spasm or convulsion, that racked his whole body. ❋ Unknown (2006)

As he did so, suddenly it seemed to him that the idol convulsed in a kind of spasm-of agony, perhaps? ❋ Lumley, Brian (1986)

A massive facial spasm which is brought on by being told a really astounding piece of news. ❋ Adams, Douglas, 1952- (1983)

Suddenly she made a convulsive effort, mechanically, and sprung to her feet, her hands clutching one another in a kind of spasm, and her brain reeling beneath such thoughts as make men mad. ❋ James De Mille (N/A)

'A kind of spasm, 'he said breathlessly -- 'a pain just here.' ❋ David Christie Murray (N/A)

A young lady who was gossiping to him about those present remarked that a certain youth was a "spasm"; and then, seeing the look of perplexity upon his face, she laughed, "I don't believe you know what I mean!" ❋ Upton Sinclair (1923)

It was no uncommon thing at such baptisms for the candidates to suffer from an attack of "Jerks," a kind of spasm which resulted from their excited imaginations. ❋ Unknown (1905)

Looking back to yesterday's "spasm," as he dubbed it mentally, he was filled with a great and unaccountable shyness. ❋ B. M. Bower (1905)

A kind of spasm of amusement was set free in her heart, and, almost inaudibly, the words escaped her lips: "Une technique merveilleuse!" ❋ John Galsworthy (1900)

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