| antispasmodic | (noun) a drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles) | Synonyms: antispasmodic agent, spasmolytic |
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| blepharospasm | (noun) spasm of the eyelid muscle resulting in closure of the eye | - |
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| bronchospasm | (noun) a spasm of the bronchi that makes exhalation difficult and noisy; associated with asthma and bronchitis | - |
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| cardiospasm | (noun) a spasm of the cardiac sphincter (between the esophagus and the stomach); if the cardiac sphincter does not relax during swallowing the passage of food into the stomach is obstructed | - |
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| caspase | (noun) any of a group of proteases that mediate apoptosis | - |
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| dispassion | (noun) objectivity and detachment | Synonyms: dispassionateness, dryness |
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| dispassionate | (adjective) unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice | Synonyms: cold-eyed |
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| dispassionately | (adverb) in an impartially dispassionate manner | - |
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| dispassionateness | (noun) objectivity and detachment | Synonyms: dispassion, dryness |
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| graphospasm | (noun) muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil | Synonyms: writer's cramp |
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| laryngospasm | (noun) a closure of the larynx that blocks the passage of air to the lungs | - |
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| spasm | (noun) (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel) | - |
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| (noun) a painful and involuntary muscular contraction | Synonyms: cramp, muscle spasm |
| spasmodic | (adjective) occurring in spells and often abruptly | Synonyms: fitful |
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| (adjective) affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm | Synonyms: convulsive, spastic |
| spasmodically | (adverb) in spurts and fits | - |
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| (adverb) with spasms | Synonyms: jerkily |
| spasmolysis | (noun) the relaxation or relief of muscle spasms | - |
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| spasmolytic | (noun) a drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles) | Synonyms: antispasmodic, antispasmodic agent |
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| spastic | (adjective) relating to or characterized by spasm | - |
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| (adjective) suffering from spastic paralysis | - |
| (adjective) affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm | Synonyms: convulsive, spasmodic |
| (noun) a person suffering from spastic paralysis | - |
| spasticity | (noun) the quality of moving or acting in spasms | - |
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| trespass | (noun) entry to another's property without right or permission | Synonyms: encroachment, intrusion, usurpation, violation |
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| (noun) a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages | - |
| (verb) pass beyond (limits or boundaries) | Synonyms: overstep, transgress |
| (verb) break the law | - |
| (verb) enter unlawfully on someone's property | Synonyms: intrude |
| (verb) commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law | Synonyms: sin, transgress |
| (verb) make excessive use of | Synonyms: take advantage |
| trespasser | (noun) someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission | Synonyms: interloper, intruder |
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| trespassing | (adjective) gradually intrusive without right or permission | Synonyms: encroaching, invasive |
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