Topic: BIOLOGY
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | spasme, from Latin, from Greek spasmos, from span 'to pull' |
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spas‧m
1HB [uncountable and countable] an occasion when your muscles suddenly become tight, causing you pain : Maggie felt a muscle spasm in her back.
Maggie felt a muscle spasm in her back.2 a sudden strong feeling or reaction that you have for a short period of time : I felt a spasm of fear.
spasm of grief/laughter/coughing etc
MII felt a spasm of fear.