Spasms like this occur in some people with some regularity (I am one such person) my Doctor as well as a family friend who is a physician told me they are muscle spasms. And they feel and spasm differently than a muscle spasm in more common places because it is a different type of muscle. Skeletal versus Smooth. Still it should be shown to a qualified health practitioner in case there is an underlying cause or misinterpretation of the type of "spasm" you may be experiencing.
The suffix for sudden involuntary contraction of muscle is "-spasm." So, the condition you are referring to in the distal region of the stomach would be called "gastros- (stomach) -spasm."
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The medical term meaning spasm of the esophagus is known simply as "esophageal spasm." Doctors don't know why some people suffer with these spasms but treatment methods include nitroglycerin, anti-depressants, and in rare cases, surgery.
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Overstretching of a muscle initiates a stretch reflex spasm where the muscle spindle cells relay a message to the spinal cord, and an efferent message is sent to motor units to contract the muscle, thereby causing a muscle spasm.
carpopedal spasm are spasm of the hand or foot, or of the thumbs and great toes.
When cockroaches die, their nervous system shuts down, causing their muscles to spasm and their bodies to flip over involuntarily.
Cytoplasm rhymes with spasm.
Spasm - album - was created in 1993.
Yes. Esophageal spasm is a known medical condition.
As he fell, he could feel a spasm in his back.
My hand just had a spasm!