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Affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm.
spasmodic
spastic
unsteady
Convulsive.
violent
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spasmodic
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spasmodic
spastic
Examples for "
spasmodic
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1
The fire in the cooking-stove in the room crackled at
spasmodic
intervals.
2
But there's clearly some code or sequence in their movements, however
spasmodic
.
3
All her movements were
spasmodic
;
she was on the verge of hysteria.
4
With his one good arm he shook the child in
spasmodic
jerks.
5
A
spasmodic
shudder shook the heavy body and it began to sink.
1
Results: The common presenting features were
spastic
limb weakness and back pain.
2
Children with microcephaly had bilateral
spastic
cerebral palsy; none had normal movements.
3
Plasma biomarkers are needed to guide the genetic testing of
spastic
paraplegia.
4
Genetically, more than 70 different forms of
spastic
paraplegias have been characterized.
5
A lolling,
spastic
idiocy seems to have invaded the space between us.
1
It might well be
convulsive
but the economy is strong enough, just.
2
The horse gave a
convulsive
stagger and fell dead in the shafts.
3
There are two varieties of the disease, the
convulsive
and the gangrenous.
4
She cried for a long time, the sobs
convulsive
but also cathartic.
5
The smaller the societies, the more violent and more
convulsive
their schisms.
6
Never was the struggle of the administration party so desperate and
convulsive
.
7
Treatment with ginsenosides dose-dependently attenuated
convulsive
behavior and the KA-induced mitochondrial effects.
8
She saw his throat working with the
convulsive
effort to produce sound.
9
One-third have significant to profound physical handicaps, and many have
convulsive
disorders.
10
Only rarely were
convulsive
seizures observed in these mice at any age.
11
I clasped his knees; my voice was almost stifled with
convulsive
sobs.
12
Hector clinched his hands in a
convulsive
movement of anguish and rage.
13
No sob escaped her lips; there was no
convulsive
movement of shoulder.
14
But his
convulsive
fingers seized only the leathern strap of the haversack.
15
Presently, however, she recovered, and sat up with an extraordinary
convulsive
shudder.
16
Amazement on every face and a
convulsive
movement in one half-hidden hand.
convulsive
convulsive movement
convulsive shudder
convulsive sobs
convulsive effort
convulsive grasp