Spasmodic
31spasmodic tic — Tic Tic, n. [F.] (Med.) A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles; especially, such a motion of some of the muscles of the face; twitching; velication; called also {spasmodic tic}. Dunglison. [1913 Webster] {Tic douloureux}. [F.,… …
32spasmodic — adjective /spæzˈmɒd.ɪk,spæzˈmɑ.dɪk/ a) Of or relating to a spasm; resembling a sudden contraction of the muscles. b) Convulsive; consisting of spasms. See Also: spasm …
33spasmodic — Synonyms and related words: acute, adrift, afflictive, afloat, agonizing, aimless, alternating, amorphous, arrhythmic, atrocious, biting, broken, broken off, capricious, careening, casual, cataclysmic, catchy, changeable, changeful, changing,… …
34spasmódic — adj. m., pl. spasmódici; f. sg. spasmódicã, pl. spasmódice …
35spasmodic — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Twitchy] Syn. jerky, convulsive, spastic; see shaky 1 . 2. [Irregular] Syn. uncertain, sporadic, periodic; see irregular 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. convulsive, fitful, spastic, twitching, intermittent, sporadic …
36spasmodic — spas·mod·ic || spæz mÉ‘dɪk / mÉ’d adj. of or pertaining to spasms, characteristic of a spasm, convulsive; fitful, irregular, intermittent …
37spasmodic — adjective 1》 occurring or done in brief, irregular bursts. 2》 of or caused by a spasm or spasms. Derivatives spasmodically adverb Origin C17: from mod. L. spasmodicus, from Gk spasmōdēs, from spasma (see spasm) …
38spasmodic — a. 1. Convulsive, spasmodical. 2. Convulsive, fitful, violent and short lived …
39spasmodic — adj 1. spasmodical, Pathol. spastic, convulsive, twitchy, hitchy, jerky, paroxysmal, vellicative. 2. intermittent, fitful, irregular, snatchy, sporadic, random, Pathol. arrhythmic; recurring, recurrent, remittent, on again off again, on and off,… …
40spasmodic — spas·mod·ic …
