See Also: spasm(2)(dictionary)
spasm(1)(dictionary)
Spasm(health)
spasm(dictionary)
Spasm(medicine)
saltatory spasm(medicine)
salaam spasm(medicine)
rotatory spasm(medicine)
retrocollic spasm(medicine)
phonic spasm(medicine)

spasm (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: spasme, from Latin, from Greek spasmos, from span 'to pull']
[U and C] an occasion when your muscles suddenly become tight, causing you pain
::Maggie felt a muscle spasm in her back.
::Tom's jaw muscles had gone into spasm .
back/shoulder/throat etc spasm
spasm of grief/laughter/coughing etc
a sudden strong feeling or reaction that you have for a short period of time
::I felt a spasm of fear.