convulsion

See also: convulsión

English

Etymology

From Latin convulsiō, from convellō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈvʌlʃən/

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.

   • 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, "Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):

     In a convulsion that has caught many in Brazil and beyond by surprise, waves of protesters denounced their leaders for dedicating so many resources to cultivating Brazil’s global image by building stadiums for international events, when basic services like education and health care remain woefully inadequate.

Related terms

• convulsant
• convulse
• convulsive

 

Translations

intense muscular contraction

• Asturian: convulsión f
• Bulgarian: конву́лсия (bg) f (konvúlsija), гърчене (bg) n (gǎrčene)
• Catalan: convulsió f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 痙攣／痉挛 (zh) (jìngluán), 痉挛 (zh) (jìngluán)

• Esperanto: konvulsio
• Finnish: kouristus (fi)
• French: convulsion (fr) f
• Galician: convulsión f
• Georgian: კონვულსია (ḳonvulsia)
• German: Konvulsion (de) f
• Greek: σύσπαση (el) f (sýspasi), σπασμός (el) m (spasmós)

  Ancient Greek: σπασμός m (spasmós)

• Hungarian: rángatózás
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• Japanese: 痙攣 (けいれん, keiren)
• Maori: tīkoro, hukihuki
• Navajo: iichʼąh, ashchʼąh
• Persian: تشنج (fa)
• Portuguese: convulsão (pt) f
• Russian: конву́льсия (ru) f (konvúlʹsija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гр̏ч m

  Roman: gȑč (sh) m

• Spanish: convulsión (es) f
• Swedish: konvulsion (sv)
• Tagalog: suba, kombulsyon, taol
• Tamil: வலிப்பு (ta) (valippu)

uncontrolled fit

• Bulgarian: при́стъп (bg) m (prístǎp)
• Finnish: kohtaus (fi)
• Greek: σπασμός (el) (spasmós), κρίση (el) f (krísi)

  Ancient Greek: σπασμός m (spasmós)

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• Russian: при́ступ (ru) m (prístup)

violent turmoil

• Finnish: mullistus (fi)
• Galician: convulsión f
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• Greek: αναστάτωση (el) f (anastátosi), αναταραχή (el) f (anatarachí)
• Hungarian: háborgás (hu), rengés (hu)

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Translations to be checked

• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} ఫిట్లు (phiṭlu), ^{(please verify)} పూనకం (pūnakaṁ) (hysteric in nature)
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French

Etymology

From Latin convulsiō, convulsiōnem.

Noun

convulsion f (plural convulsions)

1. convulsion

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Interlingua

Noun

convulsion (plural convulsiones)

1. convulsion

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Norman

Etymology

From Latin convulsiō, convulsiōnem.

Noun

convulsion f (plural convulsions)

1. (Jersey) convulsion