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Antispasmodic :: Antispasmodic (a.) Good against spasms.

Tic :: Tic (n.) A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles; especially, such a motion of some of the muscles of the face; twitching; velication; -- called also spasmodic tic..

Startish :: Startingly (adv.) By sudden fits or starts; spasmodically.

Flurry :: Flurry (n.) The violent spasms of a dying whale.

Hiccough :: Hiccough (n.) A modified respiratory movement; a spasmodic inspiration, consisting of a sudden contraction of the diaphragm, accompanied with closure of the glottis, so that further entrance of air is prevented, while the impulse of the column of air entering and striking upon the closed glottis produces a sound, or hiccough..

Cramp :: Cramp (n.) A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg..

Entastic :: Entastic (a.) Relating to any disease characterized by tonic spasms.

Gird :: Gird (n.) A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.

Spasmodical :: Spasmodical (a.) Same as Spasmodic, a..

Strangury :: Strangury (n.) A painful discharge of urine, drop by drop, produced by spasmodic muscular contraction..

Hyperkinesis :: Hyperkinesis (n.) Abnormally increased muscular movement; spasm.

Strictured :: Stricture (n.) A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic..

Spasmodic :: Spasmodic (a.) Of or pertaining to spasm; consisting in spasm; occuring in, or characterized by, spasms; as, a spasmodic asthma..

Stenostome :: Stenosis (n.) A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, or orifice; as, stenosis of the pylorus. It differs from stricture in being applied especially to diffused rather than localized contractions, and in always indicating an origin organic and not spasmodic..

Cillosis :: Cillosis (n.) A spasmodic trembling of the upper eyelid.

Spasm :: Spasm (v. t.) An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers.

Vomiting :: Vomiting (n.) The spasmodic ejection of matter from the stomach through the mouth.

Opopanax :: Opopanax (n.) The inspissated juice of an umbelliferous plant (the Opoponax Chironum), brought from Turkey and the East Indies in loose granules, or sometimes in larger masses, of a reddish yellow color, with specks of white. It has a strong smell and acrid taste, and was formerly used in medicine as an emmenagogue and antispasmodic..

Belch :: Belch (v. i.) To issue with spasmodic force or noise.

Start :: Start (n.) A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort..

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