spasm

英 ['spæz(ə)m] 美['spæzəm]

复数: spasms;

1. span (literally, 'stretch, tighten') => spasm.
2. spa + -sm (谐音“死麻”) => 泡温泉的时候，突然觉得腿部非常的麻木，原来是抽筋、痉挛了。
3. 谐音“死掰死(韧儿)麻”-----这就是腿脚抽筋、痉挛的症状。

spasm 痉挛，抽搐，阵发性发作

来自拉丁语 spasmus,来自希腊语 spasmos,痉挛，抽搐，来自 PIE*spe,拉长，拉伸，词源同 span,spade,-asm,名词后缀。

spasm: spasm: [14] A spasm is etymologically a sudden ‘stretching’ of a muscle (although in fact physiologically spasms are contractions of muscle tissue). The word comes via Old French spasme and Latin spasmus from Greek spasmós, a derivative of the verb span ‘pull’. This in turn was descended from the Indo-European base *spə- ‘stretch’. The metaphorical notion of ‘intermittence’ (based on the intervals between spasms) emerged in the derived adjective spasmodic [17] in the 19th century.
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spasm (n.): late 14c., "sudden violent muscular contraction," from Old French spasme (13c.) and directly from Latin spasmus "a spasm," from Greek spasmos "a spasm, convulsion," from span "draw up, tear away, contract violently, pull, pluck," from PIE *spe- "stretch." Figurative sense of "a sudden convulsion" (of emotion, politics, etc.) is attested from 1817.
spasm (v.): 1900, from spasm (n.). Related: Spasmed; spasming.

1. A spasm of pain brought his thoughts back to the present.: 一阵剧痛把他的思绪拉回到了现在。

2. A muscular spasm in the coronary artery can cause a heart attack.: 冠状动脉的肌肉痉挛可能导致心脏病。