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Etymology edit

From myo- +‎ spastic; see spasm and spastic.

Adjective edit

myospastic (not comparable)

  1. Of or related to myospasm.
    • 1965, Robert W. EwerRoger P. BissonnetteFrank J. Brakelet al., “Tetanic Neuromyopathy and Renal Failure: Diagnostic Implications”, in Journal of the American Medical Association, volume 192, number 13, pages 1117–1120:
      The myospastic state was painful and unrelenting, and it preceded death by a few hours to four months.
    • 1990, Thomas E. Rudy, Anasthesia Progress, volume 37, numbers 2-3, pages 82–87:
      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.
    • 2011, Noshir Mehta, George E. Maloney, Dhirendra S. Bana, Steven J. Scrivani, Head, Face, and Neck Pain: Science, Evaluation, and Management, →ISBN:
      Referred pains, areas of secondary hyperalgesia, autonomic signs, and myospastic activity in otherwise normal structures are expected associated symptoms.

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