Engelsk navneord: spasm |
1. | spasm (om tilstand) a painful and involuntary muscular contraction |
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | cramp, muscle spasm |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | symptom |
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| Mere specifikke termer | blepharospasm, charley horse, charley-horse, crick, graphospasm, kink, myoclonus, opisthotonos, rick, tenesmus, trismus, twitch, twitching, vellication, wrick, writer's cramp |
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2. | spasm (om handling) (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel) |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | constriction |
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| Mere specifikke termer | bronchospasm, cardiospasm, heave, laryngismus, retch |
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| Overordnet emneområde | pathology |
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