spasm - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

(pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)

Synonyms

• spasm

More generic

• constriction

More specific

• bronchospasm
• cardiospasm
• heave
• laryngismus
• retch

Noun

a painful and involuntary muscular contraction

Synonyms

• cramp
• muscle spasm
• spasm

More generic

• symptom

More specific

• blepharospasm
• charley horse
• charley-horse
• crick
• graphospasm
• kink
• myoclonus
• opisthotonos
• rick
• tenesmus
• trismus
• twitch
• twitching
• vellication
• wrick
• writer's cramp

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