Defenition of the word spasm

• Defenition of the word spasm

  • A painful and involuntary muscular contraction.
  • (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)
  • a painful and involuntary muscular contraction

Synonyms for the word spasm

• • contraction
  • cramp
  • paroxysm
  • ripple
  • seizure
  • shudder
  • tremor
  • twinge

Similar words in the spasm

• • spasm
  • spasm's
  • spasmed
  • spasming
  • spasmodic
  • spasmodically
  • spasms

Hyponyms for the word spasm

• • blepharospasm
  • bronchospasm
  • cardiospasm
  • charley horse
  • charley-horse
  • crick
  • graphospasm
  • heave
  • kink
  • laryngismus
  • myoclonus
  • opisthotonos
  • retch
  • rick
  • tenesmus
  • trismus
  • twitch
  • twitching
  • vellication
  • wrick
  • writer's cramp

Hypernyms for the word spasm

• • constriction
  • symptom

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