Spasm Definition

spăzəm
spasmed, spasming, spasms
noun
spasms
A sudden, convulsive, involuntary muscular contraction: a tonic spasm is persistent and sustained, and a clonic spasm is one of a series of relatively brief contractions alternating with relaxations.
Webster's New World
Any sudden, violent, temporary activity, feeling, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
To undergo a spasm.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Spasm

Noun

Singular:
spasm
Plural:
spasms

Origin of Spasm

  • Middle English spasme from Old French from Latin spasmus from Greek spasmos from spān to pull

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French spasme, from Latin spasmus, from Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmos, “spasm, convulsion"). Compare span.

    From Wiktionary

Spasm Sentence Examples

  • These diseases cause tremor, spasm, and wasting of muscle.

  • Which observation sent another spasm of chills racing down Dean's spine.

  • For instance, spasm of muscles may give rise to writer's or musician's cramp.

  • The rapid, uncontrolled muscle contraction, or spasm, happens unexpectedly, with either no stimulation or some trivially small one.

  • Interruption of these mechanisms can cause spasm.

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Words Starting With

SSPSPA

Words Ending With

MSMASM

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spasm

Words Starting With S and Ending With M

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