spasm
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
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Sense 2 noun
(pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | symptom |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | charley horse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | writer's cramp |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blepharospasm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | kink |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | myoclonus |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | opisthotonos |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | twitch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tenesmus |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trismus |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | pathology |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | constriction |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bronchospasm |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cardiospasm |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | retch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | laryngismus |