convulsion

See also: convulsión

English

Etymology

From Latin convulsiō, from convellō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈvʌlʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: con‧vul‧sion

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, 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”, in 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.

4. Hysteric in nature.

Derived terms

• anticonvulsion
• convulsional
• convulsionary
• convulsionism
• convulsionist
• electroconvulsion
• hemiconvulsion
• photoconvulsion
• post-micturition convulsion syndrome

 

Related terms

• convulsant
• convulse
• convulsive

 

Translations

intense muscular contraction

• Arabic: اِخْتِلَاج m (iḵtilāj)
• Asturian: convulsión f
• Bulgarian: конву́лсия (bg) f (konvúlsija), гърчене (bg) n (gǎrčene)
• Catalan: convulsió f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 痙攣／痉挛 (zh) (jìngluán)

• Danish: krampe (da) c, krampetrækning c
• Dutch: kramp (nl) f
• Esperanto: konvulsio
• Finnish: kouristus (fi)
• French: convulsion (fr) f
• Galician: convulsión f
• Georgian: კონვულსია (ḳonvulsia), კრუნჩხვა (ḳrunčxva)
• German: Konvulsion (de) f, Krampf (de) m
• Greek: σύσπαση (el) f (sýspasi), σπασμός (el) m (spasmós)

  Ancient Greek: σπασμός m (spasmós)

• Hungarian: rángatózás (hu)
• 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)
• Telugu: ఫిట్లు (phiṭlu)

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)
• Telugu: ఫిట్లు (phiṭlu)

violent turmoil

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

hysteric in nature

• Telugu: పూనకం (pūnakaṁ)

French

Etymology

From Latin 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.

Interlingua

Noun

convulsion (plural convulsiones)

1. convulsion

Norman

Etymology

From Latin convulsiō, convulsiōnem.

Noun

convulsion f (plural convulsions)

1. (Jersey) convulsion