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English
Etymology
From myo- + spastic; see spasm and spastic.
Adjective
myospastic (not comparable)
- Of or related to myospasm.
1965, Robert W. EwerRoger P. BissonnetteFrank J. Brakelet al., “Tetanic Neuromyopathy and Renal Failure: Diagnostic Implications”, in Journal of the American Medical Association, volume 192, number 13, pages 1117–1120:The myospastic state was painful and unrelenting, and it preceded death by a few hours to four months.
1990, Thomas E. Rudy, Anasthesia Progress, volume 37, numbers 2-3, pages 82–87:Additionally, once a muscle has been subjected to a myospastic episode it tends, for reasons not yet understood, to become more susceptible to future episodes.
2011, Noshir Mehta, George E. Maloney, Dhirendra S. Bana, Steven J. Scrivani, Head, Face, and Neck Pain: Science, Evaluation, and Management, →ISBN:Referred pains, areas of secondary hyperalgesia, autonomic signs, and myospastic activity in otherwise normal structures are expected associated symptoms.
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