Spasm
Of symptom. May also be referred to as cramp and muscle spasm.
A painful and involuntary muscular contraction.
This concept's ID is @1~72452
Contains
- twitch
A sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition.
- charley horse
A muscular cramp (especially in the thigh or calf) following vigorous exercise.
- blepharospasm
Spasm of the eyelid muscle resulting in closure of the eye.
- writer's cramp
Muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil.
- myoclonus
A clonic spasm of a muscle or muscle group.
- kink
A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British).
- opisthotonos
Severe spasm in which the back arches and the head bends back and heels flex toward...
- tenesmus
Painful spasm of the anal sphincter along with an urgent desire to defecate without the...
- trismus
Prolonged spasm of the jaw muscles.