Spasmodic

Spasmodic

(1):

(a.) Of or pertaining to spasm; consisting in spasm; occuring in, or characterized by, spasms; as, a spasmodic asthma.

(2):

(a.) Soon relaxed or exhausted; convulsive; intermittent; as, spasmodic zeal or industry.

(3):

(n.) A medicine for spasm.