spasm

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ.
2. A violent, excruciating seizure of pain.
3. A sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion.

Verb

To produce and undergo a spasm or series of spasms.

Conceptos

espasmo

calambre

acceso

agarrotamiento

arranque

convulsión

paroxismo

punzada

opistótonos

espasmo muscular

Sinónimos

cramp

convulsion

twitch

seizure

fit

contraction

convulse

stiff

kink

muscle spasm

pang

cramps

crick

tetany

throe

twinge

writhe

sudden pain

opisthotonos

difficult breathing

tetanilla

spasmus

bent

muscular constricture

contract

convulsions

grip

jerk

lame

outburst

paroxysm

rigid

scar

spastic

stitch

tetanus

Traducciones

spasme

spasmo

kramp

σπασμός

espasmo

crampe

Krampf

crampo

Anfall

spasimo

Spasmus

accès

espasme

spasma

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈspæz.əm/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: spasme

In summary

From Middle English spasme, from Old French spasme, from Latin spasmus, from Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós, “spasm, convulsion”), from σπάω (spáō, “to draw out, pull out”).