Obs. Pl. spasmi. [L. spasmus, a. Gr. σπασμός.] = SPASM.
c. 1400. Lanfranc’s Cirurg., 357. The xv. co is of spasmus.
1591. Jas. I., Poet. Exerc., Furies, D ij. Els Spasmus … strait doth holde The Senewes of weake Adam.
1597. A. M., trans. Guillemeau’s Fr. Chirurg., 2 b/2. If that into anye vvoundes … anye Spasmus happen, that is a bad signe.
1657. G. Starkey, Helmont’s Vind., 265. The Pleuresie is a most dangerous Feaver, with a Spasmus or Convulsion of the side.
1728. Chambers, Cycl., s.v., A Spasmus happening after the taking of Hellebore … is mortal. Ibid., Accidental Spasmi are of little Continuance.
