convulsion

convulsion

See also: convulsión

English

Etymology

From Latin convulsiō, from convellō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈvʌlʃən/

• Audio (London, England)

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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.

   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), OCLC 630079698, pages 97–98:

     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.

   • 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) Dutch: kramp (nl) f Esperanto: konvulsio Finnish: kouristus (fi) French: convulsion (fr) f Galician: convulsión f Georgian: კონვულსია (ḳonvulsia) German: Konvulsion (de) f, Krampf (de) m Greek: σύσπαση (el) f (sýspasi), σπασμός (el) m (spasmós) Ancient Greek: σπασμός m (spasmós) Hungarian: rángatózás Japanese: 痙攣 (ja) (けいれん, keiren) Maori: tīkoro, hukihuki Navajo: iichʼąh, ashchʼąh Persian: تشنج‎ (fa) Portuguese: convulsão (pt) f Romanian: convulsie (ro) f Russian: конву́льсия (ru) f (konvúlʹsija) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: гр̏ч m Roman: gȑč (sh) m Spanish: convulsión (es) f Swedish: konvulsion (sv) Tagalog: suba, kumbulsiyon, 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) Russian: при́ступ (ru) m (prístup)

violent turmoil

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

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Telugu: (please verify) ఫిట్లు (phiṭlu), (please verify) పూనకం (pūnakaṁ) (hysteric in nature)

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French

Etymology

From Latin convulsiō, convulsiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.vyl.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

convulsion f (plural convulsions)

1. convulsion

Further reading

• “convulsion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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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