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PRONUNCIATION OF SPASMODICAL

spasmodical  [spæzˈmɒdɪkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPASMODICAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spasmodical is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SPASMODICAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Spasm

In medicine, a spasm is a sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ such as a heart, or a similarly sudden contraction of an orifice. It most commonly refers to a muscle cramp which is often accompanied by a sudden burst of pain, but is usually harmless and ceases after a few minutes. There is a variety of other causes of involuntary muscle contractions, which may be more serious, depending on the cause. The word "spasm" may also refer to a temporary burst of energy, activity, emotion, Eustress, stress, or anxiety unrelated to, or as a consequence of, involuntary muscle activity.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPASMODICAL


aeromedical
ˌɛərəʊˈmɛdɪkəl
biomedical
ˌbaɪəʊˈmɛdɪkəl
cathodical
kæˈθɒdɪkəl
episodical
ˌɛpɪˈsɒdɪkəl
hymnodical
hɪmˈnɒdɪkəl
immethodical
ˌɪmɪˈθɒdɪkəl
medical
ˈmɛdɪkəl
methodical
mɪˈθɒdɪkəl
monodical
mɒˈnɒdɪkəl
nonmedical
nɒnˈmɛdɪkəl
paramedical
ˌpærəˈmɛdɪkəl
parodical
pəˈrɒdɪkəl
periodical
ˌpɪərɪˈɒdɪkəl
prosodical
prəˈsɒdɪkəl
psalmodical
sɑːˈmɒdɪkəl
radical
ˈrædɪkəl
rhapsodical
ræpˈsɒdɪkəl
syndical
ˈsɪndɪkəl
synodical
sɪnˈɒdɪkəl
unmethodical
ˌʌnmɪˈθɒdɪkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPASMODICAL

sparteine
sparterie
sparth
spartina
spasm
spasmatic
spasmatical
spasmic
spasmodic
spasmodically
spasmodist
spasmolytic
Spassky
spastic
spastic colon
spastically
spasticity
spat
spatangoid
spatchcock

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPASMODICAL

antiradical
biradical
carboxyl radical
chemical
conoidical
druidical
encyclopedical
falsidical
fatidical
free radical
geomedical
haggadical
monadical
nodical
orthopedical
premedical
pyramidical
sporadical
Talmudical
ultraradical
veridical

Synonyms and antonyms of spasmodical in the English dictionary of synonyms

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spasmodical
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spasmodical
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spasmodical
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spasmodical
380 millions of speakers
ar

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spasmodical
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spasmodical
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spasmodical
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spasmodical
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spasmodical
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Spasmodical
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spasmodical
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spasmodical
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spasmodical
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spasmodical
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

spasmodical
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

spasmodical
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झरा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

spasmodical
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spasmodici
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spasmodical
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

spasmodical
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spasmodical
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

spasmodical
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spasmodical
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

spasmodical
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spasmodical
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spasmodical

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPASMODICAL»

The term «spasmodical» is used very little and occupies the 178.488 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPASMODICAL» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPASMODICAL»

Discover the use of spasmodical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spasmodical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
An account of the weather and diseases of South-Carolina
Of the Spasmodical or Convulsive Asthma. THOUGH this disease is never epidemical with us, yet it is most common to children under seven years of age ; it likewise attacks men who are past the prime of life, or women in whom the fitenses ...
Lionel Chalmers, 1776
2
Midline Medical Dictionary
Spasmodic 924 Spasmodic. Of the nature of a spasm; spasmatic; spasmodical. Spasmodical. See Spasmodic. Spasmogenic. Spasm-producing. Spasrnology. A treastise on spasmodic troubles. Spasmolysis. Arrest of a spasm or convulsion.
P. S. Rawat, 2002
3
Garner's Modern American Usage
Language-Change Index sparse misused for spartan: Stage 1 spasmodic; ✳ spasmodical; ✳spasmatic; spastic. Spasmodic = (1) of, relating to, or characterized by a spasm; or (2) intermittent, sporadic, unsustained. ✳ Spasmodical and ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
4
Compendium medicinæ practicum ad prælectiones accommodatum
William Saunders. O F A SUPPRESSION OF THE MENSES. A Morbid suppression is to be distinguished from the suppression during pregnancy. Violent passions of the mind, improper diet, a sudden application of cold, and spasmodical ...
William Saunders, 1774
5
Stochastic Models of Systems
Spasmodical modification of the states means that the system occupies every possible state for a finite time and then jumps into another state. Of course, the assumption of spasmodical modification of the state is limited, but not so much as it ...
Vladimir S. Korolyuk, Vladimir V. Korolyuk, 1999
6
An Account of the Weather and Diseases of South-Carolina
Yet, those who are liibject to the spasmodical asthma, may suffer severely, when the weather is serene and cold; and it-may likewise be [difficult either to bring on or support a free expecsi toration, in other diseases of the lungs. Of Of the ...
Léonce Chalmers, 1776
7
The New England Journal of Medicine
Vomiting is sometimes attended with severe and spasmodical efforts of the muscles employed in this act ; so much so, that not unfrequently we meet with patients who are very reluctant to taking an emetic. This difficulty can be obviated  ...
‎1831
8
The Lancet
... muscles of the feet, which rose by degrees to the legs and, the thighs, and were renewed periodically during two years, each assault lasting two or three hours. To these were united_ afterwards, spasms of the muscles in the spasmodical .
‎1833
9
The Lancet London: A Journal of British and Foreign ...
It seems to me, that the morbid affection of which I have above given a description, consists in a periodical congestion of the humerus, and a rheumatical fluctuation ; and it is not without example, that the congestion of blood and spasmodical ...
‎1833
10
Theology: explained and defended, in a series of sermons
Often, for months together, the pain which he endured was not only unintermitted, but, in its severest forms, spasmodical. During the continuance of these convulsions, which recurred frequently during the day, so intense was the anguish, that ...
Timothy Dwight, Sereno Edwards Dwight, 1839

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