- spasm of coughing
- Hustenkrampf m, Hustenanfall m
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spasm of coughing
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spasm — noun 1) a muscle spasm Syn: contraction, convulsion, cramp; twitch, jerk, tic, shudder, shiver, tremor 2) a spasm of coughing Syn: fit, paroxysm, attack … Thesaurus of popular words
spasm — n. 1 a sudden involuntary muscular contraction. 2 a sudden convulsive movement or emotion etc. (a spasm of coughing). 3 (usu. foll. by of) colloq. a brief spell of an activity. Etymology: ME f. OF spasme or L spasmus f. Gk spasmos, spasma f. spao … Useful english dictionary
spasm — spas|m [ˈspæzəm] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: spasme, from Latin, from Greek spasmos, from span to pull ] 1.) [U and C] an occasion when your muscles suddenly become tight, causing you pain ▪ Maggie felt a muscle spasm in her back. ▪ … Dictionary of contemporary English
spasm — Synonyms and related words: Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, abscess, access, ache, aching, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, acute pain, ado, affect epilepsy, agitation, ague, akinetic epilepsy, amok, anemia,… … Moby Thesaurus
spasm — noun (C) 1 a sharp pain when your muscles suddenly become tighter in an uncontrolled way 2 a spasm of grief/laughter/coughing a sudden strong feeling or reaction that lasts for a short period … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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cough — [kôf] vi. [ME coughen, akin to MDu cuchen, to cough, Ger keuchen, to gasp] 1. to expel air suddenly and noisily from the lungs through the glottis, either as the result of an involuntary muscular spasm in the throat or to clear the air passages 2 … English World dictionary
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