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Spasm: A brief, automatic jerking movement. A muscle spasm can be quite painful, with the muscle clenching tightly. A spasm of the coronary artery can cause angina. Spasms in various types of tissue may be caused by stress, medication, over-exercise, or other factors.
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( spăz ' əm ) n. A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle or group of muscles. A sudden burst of energy, activity ...
noun 1. Pathology . a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating ...
Medical Author: Benjamin C. Wedro, MD, FAAEM Medical Editor: William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR. What is a muscle spasm? What causes a muscle spasm?
Definition of SPASM. 1: an involuntary and abnormal muscular contraction . 2: a sudden violent and temporary effort, emotion, or sensation <a spasm of creativity ...
spasm (spazm) 1. a sudden, violent, involuntary muscular contraction. 2. a sudden transitory constriction of a passage, canal, or orifice. bronchial spasm bronchospasm.