spasm

a spasm of the stomach

a spasm of coughing woke him.

excruciating spasms of neuralgia;

She could not speak; her throat was in spasm.

He kicked the chair in a spasm of impatience.

He felt a spasm of panic sweeping over him.

a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British).

When the spasm passed, it left him weak and sweating.

Objective: To study the clinical effect of infantile spasms which is treated without ACTH or corticoid.

After the patient received acupuncture treatment,his spasms eased off somewhat.

Manifestations include edema and swelling, pain and tenderness, muscle spasm, deformity, ecchymosis, loss of function, and crepitation.

Rehabilitant′s muscle spasm can make a tele-rehabilitation training system instable and cause its slave′s movement to be unsmooth when a rehabilitant receives a tele-rehabilitation training.

Results:WNM can inhibit the spontaneous movement of isolated intestine of rabbits and antagonize the spasm of isolated intestine induced by acecoline,barium chloride,histamine.

And from there, the spasms spread throughout the body.

Sometimes, that increased sensitivity can trigger the spasms.

No spasms are like the spasms of expiring liberty, and no wailing such as her convulsions extort.

Because of low levels of calcium, there may also be muscle spasms and numbness.

For the first time, a spasm of fear flitted across Quirrell's face.

Maybe there's a clot or arterial spasm.

The spasms are sudden, powerful, long-lasting, and very painful contractions of muscles.

This year, my buddies bailed… back spasm, cracked hip.

A slight spasm crossed Uncle Vernon's large purple face.

If there's less GABA, the neurons overreact, leading to the spasms.