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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