Meanings
- not comparableOf or related to myospasm.
The myospastic state was painful and unrelenting, and it preceded death by a few hours to four months.
1965, Robert W. Ewer, Roger P. Bissonnette, Frank J. Brakel, et al., “Tetanic Neuromyopathy and Renal Failure: Diagnostic Implications”, in Journal of the American Medical Association, volume 192, number 13, pages 1117–11202 more examples
Additionally, once a muscle has been subjected to a myospastic episode it tends, for reasons not yet understood, to become more susceptible to future episodes.
1990, Thomas E. Rudy, Anasthesia Progress, volume 37, numbers 2-3, pages 82–87Referred pains, areas of secondary hyperalgesia, autonomic signs, and myospastic activity in otherwise normal structures are expected associated symptoms.
2011, Noshir Mehta, George E. Maloney, Dhirendra S. Bana, Steven J. Scrivani, Head, Face, and Neck Pain: Science, Evaluation, and Management, →ISBN
Origin
From myo- + spastic; see spasm and spastic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German myospastisch
- myospastischTranslations
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