spasmodic
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From New Latin spasmōdicus, from Ancient Greek σπασμώδης (spasmṓdēs, “spasmodic”), from σπασμός (spasmós, “spasm”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]spasmodic (comparative more spasmodic, superlative most spasmodic)
- Of or relating to a spasm; resembling a sudden contraction of the muscles.
- Convulsive; consisting of spasms.
- spasmodic asthma
- 1734, T[homas] K[night], A Critical Dissertation upon the Manner of the Preparation of Mercurial Medicines, and Their Operation on Human Bodies; particularly Those Most in Fashion: […], London: Printed for Harmen Noorthouck […], →OCLC, page 52:
- […] Dr. Francis Fuller, […] upon wearing a Quick-ſilver Girdle, for the Cure of the Itch, (and that after an inconſiderate and raſh manner) was brought under a violent Spaſmodick Diſtemper, which was ſupposed by himſelf and others to be owing to ſome Mercurial Particles lodg'd in ſome excretory Ducts of the Brain.
- Intermittent or fitful; occurring in abrupt bursts.
- Synonyms: patchy, stop-start; see also Thesaurus:discontinuous
- spasmodic zeal or industry
- 1900 April, Willa Cather, “Eric Hermannson's Soul”, in Cosmopolitan:
- The chin was heavy, the nostrils were low and wide, and the lower lip hung loosely except in his moments of spasmodic earnestness, when it shut like a steel trap.
- Erratic or unsustained.
- Of or relating to the spasmodic poets, a group of British Victorian poets who wrote introspective drama in verse.
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]of or relating to a spasm
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convulsive; consisting of spasms
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intermittent or fitful; occurring in short bursts
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erratic or unsustained
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Noun
[edit]spasmodic (plural spasmodics)
- A medicine for suppressing spasms.
- Synonym: antispasmodic
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French spasmodique.
Adjective
[edit]spasmodic m or n (feminine singular spasmodică, masculine plural spasmodici, feminine and neuter plural spasmodice)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | spasmodic | spasmodică | spasmodici | spasmodice | |||
definite | spasmodicul | spasmodica | spasmodicii | spasmodicele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | spasmodic | spasmodice | spasmodici | spasmodice | |||
definite | spasmodicului | spasmodicei | spasmodicilor | spasmodicelor |
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