| spasmogen | A substance causing contraction of smooth muscle; e.g., histamine. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| spasmogenic | Causing spasms. Origin: spasmo-+ G. -gen, producing (05 Mar 2000) |
| spasmology | Study of the nature, causation, and means of relief of spasms. Origin: spasmo-+ G. Logos, study (05 Mar 2000) |
| spasmolygmus | 1. Spasmodic sobbing. 2. Spasmodic hiccup. Origin: spasmo-+ G. Lygmos, a sobbing, hiccup, fr. Lyzo, to hiccup, sob (05 Mar 2000) |
| spasmolysis | The arrest of a spasm or convulsion. Origin: spasmo-+ G. Lysis, dissolution (05 Mar 2000) |
| spasmolytic | <pharmacology> Checking spasms, antispasmodic. Origin: Gr. Lysis = dissolution (05 Jan 1998) |
| spasmoneme | <cell biology> Contractile organelle found in Vorticella and related ciliate protozoans. Capable of shortening faster than any actin myosin system and of expanding actively. See: spasmin. (18 Nov 1997) |
| spasmophilia | Synonym: latent tetany. Origin: spasmo-+ G. Phileo, to love (05 Mar 2000) |
| spasmophilic | Relating to spasmophilia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spasmophilic diathesis | A condition in which there is an abnormal excitability of the motor nerves, shown by a tendency to tetany, laryngeal spasm, or general convulsions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spasms, infantile | Primary generalised epileptic seizures occurring in infants between birth and twelve months of age consisting of brief synchronous contractions of the neck, torso, and both arms. These seizures often occur in infants with underlying neurologic diseases. The prognosis for these infants is grave, with approximately ninety percent developing mental retardation in addition to their seizures. The eeg has a typical hypsarrhythmia pattern. The spasms and hypsarrhythmia have a tendency to disappear over the first three to five years of life, only to be replaced by other forms of generalised seizures. Infantile spasms sometimes respond to valproic acid or acth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| spasmus | Synonym: spasm. Origin: L. Fr. G. Spasmos, spasm (05 Mar 2000) |
| spasmus caninus | The semblance of a grin caused by facial spasm especially in tetanus. Synonym: canine spasm, cynic spasm, risus sardonicus, sardonic grin, spasmus caninus, trismus sardonicus. Origin: L. Risus, laugh + caninus, doglike (05 Mar 2000) |
| spasmus coordinatus | Compulsive movements, such as imitative or mimic tics, festination, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spasmus glottidis | A spasmodic closure of the glottis, lasting a few seconds, followed by a noisy inspiration. Compare: laryngitis stridulosa. Synonym: pseudocroup, spasmus glottidis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spatulate |
of a leaf shape; having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base
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| spay |
alter: remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
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| Spanish influenza |
an acute influenzalike disease that occurred in a pandemic in Europe and the Americas during the summer and autumn of 1918.
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| space medicine |
that branch of aviation medicine concerned solely with conditions to be encountered by man in space.
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| SPA | the fleshy axis of a spike often surrounded by a spathe |
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| SPA | pasta in the form of long strings |
| SPA | spaghetti with meatballs in a tomato sauce |
| SPA | a complicated highway interchange with multiple overpasses |
| SPA | any of numerous sauces for spaghetti or other kinds of pasta |
| SPA | medium-sized oval squash with flesh in the form of spaghetti-like strings |
| SPA | squash plant bearing oval fruit with smooth yellowish skin and tender stranded flesh resembling spaghetti |
| SPA | a low-budget Western movie produced by a European (especially an Italian) film company |
| SPA | thin spaghetti |
| SPA | a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula |
| SPA | mole rats |
| SPA | type genus of the Spalacidae |