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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