spasmodic

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SPASMOD'IC, adjective Consisting in spasm; as a spasmodic affection. SPASMOD'IC, noun A medicine good for removing spasm; but I believe the word generally employed in anti-spasmodic.
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