Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SPAS-MOD'IC
SPAS-MOD'IC, a. [Gr. σπασμος, spasm, and ειδος, likeness; implying something which is like spasm, without being such; Fr. spasmodique; It. spasmodico.]
Relating to spasm; consisting in spasm; as, a spasmodic affection.
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