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Noun: spasm  spa-zum
  1. A painful and involuntary muscular contraction
    - cramp, muscle spasm
     
  2. (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)

Derived forms: spasms

Type of: constriction, symptom

Encyclopedia: Spasm

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