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ˌspasmatoˈmancy
[f. Gr. σπασµατο-, combining form of σπάσµα spasm + -mancy.]
(See quot. 1855.)
1855Smedley Occult Sci. 296 Spasmatomancy..is properly a part of medicine, for it is the art of foretelling from convulsive twitchings of the limbs diseases by which a man is about to be attacked. 1885Encycl. Brit. XIX. 4/2 The treatises also contain occasional digressions on..podoscopy, spasmatomancy, &c. |