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痉挛

jìng luán

2-character word Traditional 痙攣

What 痉挛 means

1. to jerk
2. to contort
3. spasm
4. convulsion

The characters in 痉挛

• 痉jìngspasm
• 挛luán(bound form) (of muscles) to cramp; to spasm

Words containing 痉挛

• 热痉挛rè jìng luánheat cramps
• 气管痉挛qì guǎn jìng luánbreathing convulsions (as in asthma); tracheospasm
• 痛性痉挛tòng xìng jìng luán(muscle) cramp

Sounds the same

Read jìng luán, tone for tone, but written differently.

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