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spasm
has definitions from the fields of medicine,pathology
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[ noun ] (medicine) a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
Synonyms Used in print (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)In_time , these minor manifestations will multiply and effloresce , riddling you with frambesia , the king's_evil , sheep_rot , and clonic spasm , until your very existence becomes a burden and you cry_out_for release . |
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[ noun ] (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)
Related terms constriction cardiospasm laryngismus bronchospasm heave pathology |
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