convulsion

English

Noun

convulsion (plural convulsions)

1. (medicine) An intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular contraction.
2. An uncontrolled fit, as of laughter; a paroxysm.
3. Violent turmoil.

   Earthquakes and convulsions of nature shake Earth on a regular basis.

Related terms

• convulse
• convulsive
• convulsant

Translations

an intense muscular contraction

Bulgarian: конвулсия (bg) f., гърчене (bg) n. Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 痙攣, simpl. 痉挛 (jìngluán) Croatian: gȑč (hr) m. Esperanto: konvulsio (eo) Finnish: kouristus (fi)

Georgian: კონვულსია (ka) Greek: σύσπαση (el) (sýspasi) f., σπασμός (el) (spasmós) m. Hungarian: rángatózás (hu) Persian: تشنج (fa) Portuguese: convulção (pt) f. Spanish: convulsión (es) f. Swedish: konvulsion (sv)

an uncontrolled fit

Bulgarian: пристъп (bg) m. Finnish: kohtaus (fi)

Greek: σπασμός (el) (spasmós), κρίση (el) (krísi) f.

violent turmoil

Finnish: mullistus (fi) Greek: αναστάτωση (el) (anastátosi) f., αναταραχή (el) (anatarakhí) f.

Hungarian: háborgás (hu), rengés (hu)

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French: convulsion f. (1) Telugu: ఫిట్లు (phiTlu), పూనకం (poonakaM)(histeric in nature)