spasmodic

IPA: spæzmˈɔdɪk

noun

  • A medicine for suppressing spasms.

adjective

  • Of or relating to a spasm; resembling a sudden contraction of the muscles.
  • Convulsive; consisting of spasms.
  • Intermittent or fitful; occurring in abrupt bursts.
  • Erratic or unsustained.
  • Of or relating to the spasmodic poets, a group of British Victorian poets who wrote introspective drama in verse.
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Examples of "spasmodic" in Sentences

  • His moves are often spasmodic.
  • He suffers from spasmodic dysphonia.
  • Almost from the outset, funds were spasmodic.
  • There is no known cure for spasmodic dysphonia.
  • Another type of croup is known as spasmodic croup.
  • But other words of choice may be erratic or spasmodic.
  • Initial symptoms of spasmodic torticollis are usually mild.
  • Rehm was later found to be suffering from spasmodic dysphonia.
  • Bush had struggled with spasmodic dysphonia for thirteen years.
  • Cruchet is remembered for his research of spasmodic torticollis.

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