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spasmaticus

spasmaticus [CL spasma+-icus, cf. CL spasticus < σπαστικός], pertaining to or characterized by spasms. b (as sb.) one suffering from spasms or sim.. peste avaricie paralitica sive ~a contrahendo ac constringendo organa Wycl. Civ. Dom. I 143.  b quemadmodum accidit in ~is trementibus a frigore Gilb. I 15v. 2; reges ‥ ~os et caducos curant Fortescue Def. Lanc. 3.

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