亚洲网紅露点

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spasmodic

[ spaz-mod-ik ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm; characterized by spasms.
  2. resembling a spasm or spasms; sudden but brief; sporadic:

    spasmodic efforts at reform.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  3. given to or characterized by bursts of excitement.


spasmodic

/ 蝉辫忙锄藞尘蓲诲瑟办 /

adjective

  1. taking place in sudden brief spells
  2. of or characterized by spasms
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 蝉辫补蝉藞尘辞诲颈肠补濒濒测, adverb
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  • 补苍路迟颈路蝉辫补蝉路尘辞诲路颈肠 adjective noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of spasmodic1

First recorded in 1675鈥85; from Medieval Latin spasmodicus, from Greek 蝉辫补蝉尘峁揹(脓蝉) 鈥渟pasmodic鈥 (derivative of 蝉辫补蝉尘贸蝉 spasm; -ode 1 ) + Latin -icus -ic
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of spasmodic1

C17: New Latin, from Greek spasmos spasm
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Example Sentences

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Laryngeal dystonia, known previously as spasmodic dysphonia, is a rare condition that affects over 50,000 people in the US and Canada.

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Laughter is a sudden, spasmodic expulsion air, but, at the same time, it is adjacent to other, more concerning practices of expulsion and denigration.

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Consultations with doctors eventually brought a brutal diagnosis: spasmodic dysphonia, a neurological disorder in which the muscles in the larynx tighten or lapse into spasms, strangulating speech while making singing a significant challenge.

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He also has a noticeably strained, raspy voice caused by spasmodic dysphonia, a disorder that causes involuntary spasms in the muscles of the voice box.

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鈥業f I could sound better, I would,鈥 says the presidential candidate, who has spasmodic dysphonia, a neurological condition that affects his vocal cords.

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