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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
spasm/ˈspazəm/
▶noun
- 1 a sudden involuntary muscular contraction or convulsive movement.
- 2 a sudden brief spell of activity or sensation.
– origin ME: from OFr. spasme, or via L. from Gk spasmos, spasma, from span ‘pull’.
'spasm' also found in these Oxford entries:
antispasmodic
- asthma
- blepharospasm
- bronchitis
- bronchospasm
- clonus
- diverticular disease
- dystonia
- hiccup
- hyperkinesis
- papaverine
- spasmodic
- spastic
- tetanus
- trismus
- wingding
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