1. (n.) An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers.

2. (n.) A sudden, violent, and temporary effort or emotion; as, a spasm of repentance.

Jacksonian epilepsy Rolandic epilepsy abdominal epilepsy abscess access ache aching acquired epilepsy activated epilepsy acute pain ado affect epilepsy agitation ague akinetic epilepsy amok anemia ankylosis anoxia apnea apoplexy arrest asphyxiation asthma ataxia atrophy attack autonomic epilepsy backache bite blaze bleeding blennorhea blockage bloodless revolution blow boring pain bother botheration bouleversement breakdown breakup bumpiness burst bustle cachexia cachexy cardiac epilepsy cataclysm catastrophe charley horse chill chills chorea clean slate clean sweep climax clonic spasm clonus cold shivers colic commotion computer revolution constipation convulsion cortical epilepsy coughing counterrevolution cramp cramps crick cursive epilepsy cut cyanosis cyclone darting pain debacle diarrhea diastrophism disaster distress diurnal epilepsy dizziness dolor dropsy dysentery dyspepsia dyspnea eclampsia edema emaciation epilepsia epilepsia gravior epilepsia major epilepsia minor epilepsia mitior epilepsia nutans epilepsia tarda epilepsy epitasis eruption explosion fainting falling sickness fatigue feery-fary ferment fever fibrillation fidgetiness fit fits and starts flap flare-up flurry fluster flutter flutteriness flux focal epilepsy frenzy fulgurant pain furor fury fuss fussiness gale girdle pain gnawing grand mal grief grip griping growth gust haute mal hemorrhage high blood pressure hitch hubbub hullabaloo hurricane hurt hydrops hypertension hypotension hysterical epilepsy icterus ictus indigestion inflammation injury insomnia irruption itching jactation jactitation jaundice jerkiness joltiness jumping pain kink labored breathing lancinating pain larval epilepsy laryngeal epilepsy laryngospasm latent epilepsy lesion lockjaw low blood pressure lumbago maelstrom marasmus matutinal epilepsy menstrual epilepsy murderous insanity musicogenic epilepsy myoclonous epilepsy nasal discharge nasty blow nausea necrosis nip nocturnal epilepsy occlusion orgasm outbreak outburst overthrow overturn pain palace revolution palsy pang paralysis paroxysm passion petit mal physiologic epilepsy pinch pother prick pruritus psychic epilepsy psychokinesia psychomotor epilepsy quake quaking quavering quivering radical change rage rash reflex epilepsy restlessness revolt revolution revolutionary war revulsion rheum rotatoria sclerosis scramble seizure sensory epilepsy serial epilepsy sexual climax shakes shaking sharp pain shivering shivers shock shoot shooting shooting pain shuddering skin eruption sneezing sore sore spot spasms spell spurt stab stabbing pain stew stir stitch stoppage storm stress stress of life