English-Thai Dictionary

spasmodic

ADJ ซึ่ง เกิด กระตุก  ซึ่ง หด เกร็ง  convulsive jerky spastic sueng-koed-kra-tuk

 

spasmodic

ADJ ซึ่ง เกิดขึ้น รวดเร็ว และ ไม่นาน  เป็นพักๆ  เป็นช่วงๆ  occasional intermittent periodic fleeting continuous gradual sueng-koed-kuan-ruad-reo-mai-nan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPASMODIC

a.Consisting in spasm; as a spasmodic affection.

 

SPASMODIC

n.A medicine good for removing spasm; but I believe the word generally employed in anti-spasmodic.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPASMODIC

Spas "mod "ic, a. Etym: [Gr. spasmotique.]

 

1. (Med. )

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to spasm; consisting in spasm; occuring in, or characterized by, spasms; as, a spasmodic asthma.

 

2. Soon relaxed or exhausted; convulsive; intermittent; as, spasmodic zeal or industry. Spasmodic croup (Med. ), an affection of childhood characterized by a stoppage of brathing developed suddenly and without fever, and produced by spasmodic contraction of the vocal cords. It is sometimes fatal. Called also laryngismus stridulus, and childcrowing. -- Spasmodic stricture, a stricture caused by muscular spasm without structural change. See Organic stricture, under Organic.

 

SPASMODIC

SPASMODIC Spas *mod "ic, n. (Med. )

 

Defn: A medicine for spasm.

 

SPASMODICAL

SPASMODICAL Spas *mod "ic *al, a.

 

Defn: Same as Spasmodic, a. -- Spas *mod "ic *al *ly, adv.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

spasmodic

spas mod ic |spazˈmädik spæzˈmɑdɪk | ▶adjective occurring or done in brief, irregular bursts: spasmodic fighting continued. • caused by, subject to, or in the nature of a spasm or spasms: a spasmodic cough. DERIVATIVES spas mod i cal ly |-ik (ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from modern Latin spasmodicus, from Greek spasmōdēs, from spasma (see spasm ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

spasmodic

spas |mod ¦ic |spazˈmɒdɪk | ▶adjective 1 occurring or done in brief, irregular bursts: spasmodic fighting continued. 2 caused by, subject to, or in the nature of a spasm or spasms: a spasmodic cough. DERIVATIVES spasmodically adverb ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from modern Latin spasmodicus, from Greek spasmōdēs, from spasma (see spasm ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

spasmodic

spasmodic adjective the car chugged up the road with spasmodic lurches: intermittent, fitful, irregular, sporadic, erratic, occasional, infrequent, scattered, patchy, isolated, periodic, periodical, on and off; informal herky-jerky.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

spasmodic

spasmodic adjective spasmodic fighting continued: intermittent, fitful, irregular, sporadic, erratic, occasional, infrequent, scattered, patchy, isolated, odd, uneven, periodic, periodical, recurring, recurrent, on and off.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

spasmodic

spas mod ic /spæzmɑ́dɪk |-mɔ́d -/形容詞 1 断続的な, 短期間の ; 散発的な, むらな .2 突然起こる, 突発性の .3 〘医 〙けいれん性の .spas m ó d i cal ly /-k (ə )li /副詞