spasmodic
a . 抽筋;发作的
抽筋;发作的
spasmodic adj 1 :
affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions ;
resembling a spasm ; "
convulsive motions "; "
his body made a spasmodic jerk "; "
spastic movements " [
synonym :
{
convulsive }, {
spasmodic }, {
spastic }]
2 :
occurring in spells and often abruptly ; "
fitful bursts of energy "; "
spasmodic rifle fire " [
synonym : {
fitful }, {
spasmodic }]
Spasmodic \
Spas *
mod "
ic \,
n . (
Med .)
A medicine for spasm .
[
1913 Webster ]
Spasmodic \
Spas "
mod "
ic \,
a . [
Gr . ?; ?
a convulsion ?
likeness :
cf .
F .
spasmotique .]
1 . (
Med .)
Of or pertaining to spasm ;
consisting in spasm ;
occuring in ,
or characterized by ,
spasms ;
as ,
a spasmodic asthma .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Soon relaxed or exhausted ;
convulsive ;
intermittent ;
as ,
spasmodic zeal or industry .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Spasmodic croup } (
Med .),
an affection of childhood characterized by a stoppage of brathing developed suddenly and without fever ,
and produced by spasmodic contraction of the vocal cords .
It is sometimes fatal .
Called also {
laryngismus stridulus },
and {
childcrowing }.
{
Spasmodic stricture },
a stricture caused by muscular spasm without structural change .
See {
Organic stricture },
under {
Organic }.
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1913 Webster ]
239 Moby Thesaurus words for "
spasmodic ":
acute ,
adrift ,
afflictive ,
afloat ,
agonizing ,
aimless ,
alternating ,
amorphous ,
arrhythmic ,
atrocious ,
biting ,
broken ,
broken off ,
capricious ,
careening ,
casual ,
cataclysmic ,
catchy ,
changeable ,
changeful ,
changing ,
chopped -
off ,
choppy ,
convulsive ,
cramping ,
cruel ,
cyclical ,
decousu ,
desultory ,
deviable ,
deviating ,
deviative ,
deviatory ,
different ,
disarticulated ,
disastrous ,
disconnected ,
discontinued ,
discontinuous ,
discrete ,
disjunct ,
disjunctive ,
disordered ,
disorderly ,
dispersed ,
disproportionate ,
distressing ,
divaricate ,
divergent ,
diversified ,
diversiform ,
dizzy ,
eccentric ,
eclamptic ,
episodic ,
erose ,
erratic ,
excruciating ,
fast and loose ,
fickle ,
fidgety ,
fitful ,
flickering ,
flighty ,
flitting ,
fluctuating ,
formless ,
freakish ,
frivolous ,
giddy ,
gnawing ,
gratuitous ,
grave ,
griping ,
guttering ,
halting ,
haphazard ,
hard ,
harrowing ,
harsh ,
herky -
jerky ,
heteroclite ,
hit -
or -
miss ,
hurtful ,
hurting ,
immethodical ,
impetuous ,
impulsive ,
inchoate ,
incoherent ,
inconsistent ,
inconstant ,
indecisive ,
indiscriminate ,
infirm ,
intermittent ,
intermitting ,
interrupted ,
irregular ,
irresolute ,
irresponsible ,
jagged ,
jerking ,
jerky ,
jiggety ,
jumpy ,
lurching ,
mazy ,
meaningless ,
mercurial ,
misshapen ,
moody ,
motley ,
mutable ,
nonconformist ,
noncontinuous ,
nonlinear ,
nonsequential ,
nonserial ,
nonstandard ,
nonsymmetrical ,
nonsystematic ,
nonuniform ,
occasional ,
orderless ,
orgasmic ,
painful ,
parenthetic ,
paroxysmal ,
patchy ,
periodic ,
piercing ,
planless ,
pluralistic ,
poignant ,
promiscuous ,
pulsating ,
pungent ,
racking ,
ragged ,
rambling ,
random ,
restless ,
rough ,
roving ,
saltatory ,
scatterbrained ,
scrappy ,
seismic ,
senseless ,
severe ,
shapeless ,
sharp ,
shifting ,
shifty ,
shooting ,
shuffling ,
snatchy ,
spasmatic ,
spasmic ,
spasmodical ,
spastic ,
spineless ,
sporadic ,
spotty ,
stabbing ,
staggering ,
stinging ,
straggling ,
straggly ,
sudden ,
suspended ,
systemless ,
tormenting ,
torturous ,
twitchety ,
twitching ,
twitchy ,
unaccountable ,
unarranged ,
uncertain ,
unclassified ,
unconnected ,
uncontrolled ,
undependable ,
undirected ,
undisciplined ,
unequable ,
unequal ,
uneven ,
unfixed ,
ungraded ,
unjoined ,
unmethodical ,
unmetrical ,
unordered ,
unorganized ,
unorthodox ,
unpredictable ,
unregular ,
unreliable ,
unrestrained ,
unrhythmical ,
unsettled ,
unsorted ,
unstable ,
unstable as water ,
unstaid ,
unsteadfast ,
unsteady ,
unsuccessive ,
unsustained ,
unsymmetrical ,
unsystematic ,
ununiform ,
upheaving ,
vacillating ,
vagrant ,
vague ,
variable ,
variegated ,
variform ,
various ,
varying ,
veering ,
vellicative ,
vicissitudinary ,
vicissitudinous ,
volatile ,
wandering ,
wanton ,
wavering ,
wavery ,
wavy ,
wayward ,
whimsical ,
wishy -
washy ,
wobbling ,
wobbly
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