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An involuntary contraction of a muscle or group of muscles. Spasms may involve SKELETAL MUSCLE or SMOOTH MUSCLE.
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- Muscle Spasm
- Muscular Spasm
- Muscle Spasms
- Muscular Spasms
- Spasm, Muscle
- Spasm, Muscular
- Spasms
- Spasms, Muscle
- Spasms, Muscular
- Spasm, Ciliary Body
- Spasm, Generalized
- Ciliary Body Spasm
- Ciliary Body Spasms
- Generalized Spasm
- Generalized Spasms
- Spasms, Ciliary Body
- Spasms, Generalized
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate with specific organ/disease; spasms in infants: index SPASMS, INFANTILE if an epileptic seizure or SPASM and INFANT if non-epileptic such as in tetany or vitamin deficiency; "facial spasm" equals SPASM and FACIAL MUSCLES but "hemifacial spasm" equals HEMIFACIAL SPASM; also available are BRONCHIAL SPASM and ESOPHAGEAL SPASM, DIFFUSE
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- National Library of Medicine. Spasm. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013035. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013035
- Spasm. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spasm
- Spasm. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q574360