Spasm — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a painful and involuntary muscular contraction

(pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/spˈæzəm/

🇬🇧British English

/spˈazəm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/spˈazəm/

1 syllable Say it as /spˈæzəm/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

cramp muscle spasm

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Krampf

eine schmerzhafte und unwillkürliche Muskelkontraktion

🇫🇷French

spasme

une contraction musculaire douloureuse et involontaire

🇪🇸Spanish

espasmo

una contracción muscular dolorosa e involuntaria

🇮🇹Italian

spasmo

una contrazione muscolare dolorosa e involontaria

🇳🇱Dutch

spasme

een pijnlijke en onvrijwillige spiersamentrekking

🇵🇹Portuguese

espasmo

uma contração muscular dolorosa e involuntária

🇷🇺Russian

спазм

болезненное и непроизвольное мышечное сокращение

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ऐंठन

एक दर्दनाक और अनैच्छिक मांसपेशी संकुचन

🇧🇩Bengali

খিঁচুনি

একটি বেদনাদায়ক এবং অনিচ্ছাকৃত পেশী সংকোচন

🇮🇳Tamil

பிடிப்பு

ஒரு வலி மற்றும் விருப்பமில்லாத தசை சுருக்கம்

🇮🇳Telugu

దుస్సంకోచం

బాధాకరమైన మరియు అసంకల్పిత కండరాల సంకోచం

🇮🇳Marathi

उबळ

वेदनादायक आणि अनैच्छिक स्नायू आकुंचन

🇮🇳Gujarati

ખેંચાણ

પીડાદાયક અને અનૈચ્છિક સ્નાયુબદ્ધ સંકોચન

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸೆಳೆತ

ನೋವಿನ ಮತ್ತು ಅನೈಚ್ಛಿಕ ಸ್ನಾಯುವಿನ ಸಂಕೋಚನ

🇮🇳Malayalam

രോഗാവസ്ഥ

വേദനാജനകവും അനിയന്ത്രിതവുമായ പേശി സങ്കോചം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕੜਵੱਲ

ਇੱਕ ਦਰਦਨਾਕ ਅਤੇ ਅਣਇੱਛਤ ਮਾਸਪੇਸ਼ੀ ਸੰਕੁਚਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

اینٹھن

ایک تکلیف دہ اور غیر ارادی پٹھوں کا سنکچن

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

痉挛

疼痛且不自主的肌肉收缩

🇯🇵Japanese

けいれん

痛みを伴う不随意な筋肉の収縮

🇰🇷Korean

경련

고통스럽고 비자발적인 근육 수축

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự co thắt

sự co cơ đau đớn và không tự nguyện

🇹🇭Thai

อาการกระตุก

การหดตัวของกล้ามเนื้อที่เจ็บปวดและไม่ได้ตั้งใจ

🇮🇩Indonesian

kekejangan

kontraksi otot yang menyakitkan dan tidak disengaja

🇵🇭Filipino

pasma

isang masakit at hindi sinasadyang pag-urong ng kalamnan

🇲🇾Malay

kekejangan

penguncupan otot yang menyakitkan dan tidak disengajakan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تشنج

انقباض عضلي مؤلم وغير إرادي

🇮🇷Persian

اسپاسم

انقباض عضلانی دردناک و غیر ارادی

🇹🇷Turkish

spazm

ağrılı ve istemsiz kas kasılması

🇮🇱Hebrew

הֶתקֵף

התכווצות שרירים כואבת ולא רצונית

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