convulsion
noun
- medical condition where body muscles contract and relax rapidly and repeatedly
- (of muscles) act or process of shaking, seizing, or spasming
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /kənˈvʌlʃən/
noun
Etymology: From Latin convulsiō, from convellō.
- An intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular contraction.
“1850-1859, Charles Dickens, Household Words That immortal creature had gone over the proofs with great pains — had of course taken out the stiflings — hard-plungings, lungeings, and other convulsions — and had also taken out her weakenings and damagings of her own effects.”
- An uncontrolled fit, as of laughter; a paroxysm.
- Violent turmoil.
“Earthquakes and convulsions of nature shake Earth on a regular basis.”
“It would seem as if calm were necessary to convulsion; for the tranquillity of the last few months was again to be disturbed by political commotion.”
- Hysteric in nature.