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spasm

n 1  :  an involuntary and abnormal contraction of muscle or muscle fibers or of a hollow organ (as an artery, the colon, or the esophagus) that consists largely of involuntary muscle fibers  2  :  the state or condition of a muscle or organ affected with spasms <the renal artery went into >  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  sap·phism 

 
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