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Spasm

Spasm meaning

A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ. | A violent, excruciating seizure of pain. | A sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion.

Example sentences (20)

James (left calf contusion) and Davis (left adductor/hip spasm) were once again available after being listed on the pregame injury report.

Tatum is dealing with a left hip contusion while Smart is on the injury report with a left-side neck spasm, per the Celtics.

What we are really witnessing is an infantile spasm in defence of a failing status quo.

A helpless Céline is given nasal spray and turned on her side as she goes through a spasm.

It took England some time to adapt without the experienced Cross, who suffered a back spasm just five balls into the match and her consistency was missed in the powerplay as Wolvaardt and Lara Goodall notched an opening stand of 50.

Residents of Haiti's capital scrambled for safety on March 9 following the latest spasm of gang violence, with a U.N. group warning of a "city under siege" after armed attackers targeted the presidential palace and police headquarters.

One week, it was tendonitis, the next it was a muscle spasm.

On the plane home, he was so hungover that his body went into “spasm” and he “threw” a soft drink all over the ceiling.

According to Lutz, each spasm of violence seemed to begin with a death that locals found difficult to explain.

A spasm of violence convulsed the school just as classes began.

England will give Jos Buttler a fitness Test this morning after yesterdayРђЎs back injury/spasm and will bring Zak Crawley in to bat at six and give Ollie Pope the gloves at seven if he fails it.

Set in 1981 during the country’s border conflict with communist-backed Angola, Oliver Hermanus’s film manages an unflinching portrait of a society in spasm; paranoid and brutish and largely screaming at itself.

That spasm in America's epidemic of gun violence gave new impetus the debate on controlling firearms, prompting marches across the country and a fresh round of hand-wringing in cable news studios.

The danger, if the child became excited, was that the swollen, inflamed epiglottis would begin to spasm, blocking the windpipe.

The midfielder missed the final pre-season game against AC Milan due to a back spasm, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has confirmed he is fit for Sunday.

The spasm of global displacement demands that the U.S. accept more refugees, not less.

The symptoms of sunstroke may include nausea, rapid heartbeat, muscle spasm, hallucinations and disorientation, lack of sweating despite high fever, loss of consciousness and fainting," the police said.

How do you get rid of a lower back spasm?

It can also include muscle spasm, runny nose, sneezing, cold chills, diarrhoea, cough, difficulty sleeping and even pain.

It’s like a spasm or twitch.