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   spasm

   /ˈspaz(ə)m/

   noun

   • 1. a sudden involuntary muscular contraction or convulsive movement: "shifting heavy loads without help brought on muscular back spasms" Similar convulsioncontractionthroescramptwitchjerkticstartshuddershivertremortremble
   • ▪ a sudden and brief spell of an activity or sensation: "a spasm of coughing woke him" Similar fitparoxysmattackburstboutseizureoutburstoutbreakexplosionaccessinformal:splurtrare:ebullitionboutade
   • ▪ prolonged involuntary muscle contraction: "the airways in the lungs go into spasm"

   verb

   • 1. experience sudden involuntary muscular contractions; twitch convulsively: "my body spasmed violently"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French spasme, or via Latin from Greek spasmos, spasma, from span ‘pull’.

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