spasmodic

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English

Etymology

From New Latin spasmōdicus, from Ancient Greek σπασμώδης (spasmṓdēs, spasmodic), from σπασμός (spasmós, spasm).

Pronunciation

Adjective

spasmodic (comparative more spasmodic, superlative most spasmodic)

  1. Of or relating to a spasm; resembling a sudden contraction of the muscles.
  2. Convulsive; consisting of spasms.
    spasmodic asthma
    • 1734, T K, A Critical Dissertation upon the Manner of the Preparation of Mercurial Medicines, and Their Operation on Human Bodies; particularly Those Most in Fashion: , London: Printed for Harmen Noorthouck , →OCLC, page 52:
      Dr. Francis Fuller, upon wearing a Quick-ſilver Girdle, for the Cure of the Itch, (and that after an inconſiderate and raſh manner) was brought under a violent Spaſmodick Diſtemper, which was ſupposed by himſelf and others to be owing to ſome Mercurial Particles lodg'd in ſome excretory Ducts of the Brain.
    • 2025 January 29, Sandee LaMotte, “A rare brain disorder robbed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of his strong speaking voice”, in CNN:
      Kennedy’s vocal rasp is not caused by an infection or respiratory condition. Instead, he has spasmodic dysphonia, a rare neurological condition in which the muscles that open and close his vocal cords spasm involuntarily, creating a strained or strangled quality to his speech.
  3. Intermittent or fitful; occurring in abrupt bursts.
    Synonyms: patchy, stop-start; see also Thesaurus:discontinuous
    spasmodic zeal or industry
    • 1900 April, Willa Cather, “Eric Hermannson's Soul”, in Cosmopolitan:
      The chin was heavy, the nostrils were low and wide, and the lower lip hung loosely except in his moments of spasmodic earnestness, when it shut like a steel trap.
  4. Erratic or unsustained.
  5. Of or relating to the spasmodic poets, a group of British Victorian poets who wrote introspective drama in verse.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

spasmodic (plural spasmodics)

  1. A medicine for suppressing spasms.
    Synonym: antispasmodic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French spasmodique.

Adjective

spasmodic m or n (feminine singular spasmodică, masculine plural spasmodici, feminine and neuter plural spasmodice)

  1. spasmodic

Declension

Declension of spasmodic
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite spasmodic spasmodică spasmodici spasmodice
definite spasmodicul spasmodica spasmodicii spasmodicele
genitive-
dative
indefinite spasmodic spasmodice spasmodici spasmodice
definite spasmodicului spasmodicei spasmodicilor spasmodicelor