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Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Verbiage - May 31, 2011
By Rob Dean On Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 11:00AM
Rob Dean On Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 11:00AM Today's word of the day is Spasm:
spasm
–noun
- Pathology . a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)
- any sudden, brief spell of great energy, activity, feeling, etc.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English spasme < Latin spasmus < Greek spasmós convulsion, derivative of spân to draw a sword or cord, wrench (off), convulse
—Synonyms
2. fit, storm, flash, spurt.