noun🔗ShareA medicine for suppressing spasms."The doctor prescribed a spasmodic to help control the painful muscle spasms in Sarah's neck. "medicineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareOf or relating to a spasm; resembling a sudden contraction of the muscles."The child's coughing was spasmodic, coming in sudden bursts. "medicinephysiologyanatomybodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareConvulsive; consisting of spasms."spasmodic asthma"medicinephysiologybodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareIntermittent or fitful; occurring in abrupt bursts."spasmodic zeal or industry"medicinephysiologybodydiseaseChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareErratic or unsustained."The student's attention span was spasmodic; he focused intensely on a problem for a few minutes, then drifted off to other thoughts. "conditionmedicinephysiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareOf or relating to the spasmodic poets, a group of British Victorian poets who wrote introspective drama in verse."The professor dismissed the student's dramatic poem as overly spasmodic, resembling the intense, introspective style of forgotten Victorian poets. "literaturestylegroupculturehistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading