Spasmodic

What do we mean by spasmodic?

Relating to, affected by, or having the character of a spasm; convulsive. adjective

Happening intermittently; fitful. adjective

Given to sudden outbursts of energy or feeling; excitable. adjective

Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by spasm; affected by spasm or spasms; convulsive: as, spasmodic movements; spasmodic asthma; a spasmodic person.

Attended by or manifesting procedure by fits and starts; jerky; overstrained; high-strung; rhapsodical: as, spasmodic action or efforts; spasmodic utterance or literature.

Same as antispasmodic. noun

Of or pertaining to spasm; consisting in spasm; occuring in, or characterized by, spasms. adjective

Soon relaxed or exhausted; convulsive; intermittent. adjective

An affection of childhood characterized by a stoppage of brathing developed suddenly and without fever, and produced by spasmodic contraction of the vocal cords. It is sometimes fatal. Called also laryngismus stridulus, and childcrowing. adjective

A stricture caused by muscular spasm without structural change. See Organic stricture, under Organic. adjective

A medicine for spasm. noun

Of or relating to a spasm; resembling a sudden contraction of the muscles. adjective

Convulsive; consisting of spasms. adjective

Intermittent or fitful; occurring in abrupt bursts. adjective

Erratic or unsustained. adjective

Affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm adjective

Occurring in spells and often abruptly adjective

A medicine for suppressing spasms.

Words that are spelled similarly to spasmodic:
spasmodic, spasmatic, palmodic, spasmodist.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word spasmodic:
torticollis, dysphonia, penta, caress, geyser, croup, botox, spasms, dystonia, adductor, contractions, involuntary, toxin, sawmill, contraction, muscles, neurological, muscle, sudden, disorder, poets, vocal, tragedy, movements, neck, victorian, poetry, patients, symptoms, pain, voice, singing, cause, fashion, causes, condition, caused, unknown, conditions, movement, activity, treatment, shown, complex, closed.

Words that rhyme with spasmodic:
periodic, episodic, melodic, rhapsodic, sodic, bodock, modoc, zadok, rhodic, ladakh, miladic, modic, odd duck, rodick, zadoc.

Adjectives that are often used to describe spasmodic:
best, anti, acute.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective spasmodic:
contraction, torticollis, contractions, movements, cough, action, efforts, asthma, croup, affections, dysphonia, pain, stricture, effort, attempts, movement, pains, attacks, affection, closure, character, colic, constriction, laryngitis, twitching, twitchings, jerks, symptoms, diseases, condition, stage, conditions, nature, activity, coughing, dysmenorrhoea, dysmenorrhea, breathing, energy, bursts, manner, coughs, violence, cholera, jerk, rigidity, motion, convulsions, outbursts, attack, disorders, fits, fashion, motions, laughter, jerking, actions, outbreaks, retention, attempt, phenomena, fire, element, dyspnoea, variety, twitches, reaction, closing, strictures, fighting, intervals, firing, tragedy, paralysis, sobs, paroxysms, seizures, jerkings, gasps, vomiting, poets, paraplegia, gesture, disorder, tic, twitch, struggle.

Words that sound like spasmodic:
spasmodic, spasmodically, spastic, spermatic, spotted dick, seismic, schismatic, schematic, samadhi, sodic.