ETYM Cf. French convulsif.
1. Affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; SYN. spasmodic, spastic.
2. Resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent.
ETYM Greek; spasmos a convulsion + eidos likeness: cf. French spasmotique.
1. Of or pertaining to spasm; consisting in spasm; occuring in, or characterized by, spasms.
2. Convulsive; intermittent; occurring in fits and starts.
Spasmodically, in a convulsive manner