spasmaticadj.
Now rare or Obsolete.
1. Spasmodic.
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crampy1551
spasmous1563
spasmatic1603
spasmatical1647
spasmodic1681
spastic1753
spasmodical1766
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 124 Anger..resembleth not..the sinewes of the soule, but is like rather to their stretching spreines and spasmatick convulsions.
1746 R. James in Moffett & Bennet's Health's Improvem. (new ed.) Introd. 13 Pains, Flatulencies, and spasmatic Contractions of the Intestines.
1824 Examiner 548/1 Seized with spasmatic lameness.
2. Liable to, or suffering from, spasms.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [adjective] > spasm or cramp > affected with
spasmatic1601
cramped1702
spasmed1787
spasmodized1819
spasmya1849
tetanized1849
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 44 It is a soveraigne remedie for them that bee bursten or Spasmaticke, that is to say, vexed with the Crampe.
Derivatives
spasˈmatical adj. Now rare.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [adjective] > spasm or cramp
crampy1551
spasmous1563
spasmatic1603
spasmatical1647
spasmodic1681
spastic1753
spasmodical1766
1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 63 The ligaments and sinews of my love..were never yet subject to such spasmaticall shrinkings and convulsions.
1650 C. Elderfield Civil Right Tythes 89 Many a paralytical or spasmatical fit.
1879 G. MacDonald Paul Faber II. ix. 172 The spirit of life is at war with the spasmatical body of death.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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