Spasm
81Hemifacial spasm — or HFS is a neurological disorder in which blood vessels constrict the seventh cranial nerve and cause varying degrees of facial spasming, typically originating around the eye of the afflicted side of the face. Because the nerve directs muscular… …
82Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band — The Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band was a bluegrass band that formed in 1976 at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The band consisted initially of John Gorka, Russ Rentler, and Doug Anderson. Later, Richard Shindell joined the group on lead… …
83Postmortem spasm — Sometimes, after an organism has died, small movements of the limbs (a twitch of a finger or even a whole leg moving) can be observed. This phenomenon, known as postmortem spasm, can be observed in human cadavers as well as smaller organisms that …
84Artery spasm, coronary — A spasm (a sudden constriction) of one of the coronary arteries depriving the (myocardium (the heart muscle) of blood and oxygen. This can cause chest pain referred to as variant (or Printzmetal s) angina. Coronary artery spasm can be triggered… …
85Coronary artery spasm — A spasm (a sudden constriction) of one of the coronary arteries depriving the (myocardium (the heart muscle) of blood and oxygen. This can cause chest pain referred to as variant (or Printzmetal s) angina. Coronary artery spasm can be triggered… …
86Cricopharyngeal spasm — Cricopharyngeal spasms occur in the cricopharyngeus muscle of the pharynx. These spasms are frequently misunderstood by the patient to be cancer due to the lump in the throat feeling (Globus pharyngis) that is symptomatic of this syndrome. In… …
87Romberg disease (trophoneurosis) sign (test) spasm — Rom·berg disease (trophoneurosis), sign (test), spasm (romґbərg) [Moritz Heinrich Romberg, German physician, 1795–1873] see facial hemiatrophy, under hemiatrophy, and see under sign and spasm …
88saltatory spasm — clonic spasm of the muscles of the lower limbs, producing a peculiar jumping or springing motion, seen in conditions such as Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, saltatory chorea, and the jumping diseases. Called also Bamberger disease, dancing spasm …
89writer's spasm — noun see writer s cramp * * * writer s cramp, writer s palsy, or writer s spasm, pain and spasm of the muscles of the hand and fingers resulting from their excessive use in writing …
90clonic spasm — Med. See under spasm (def. 1). [1840 50] * * * clonic spasm, = clonus. (Cf. ↑clonus) …
