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spasm vs cardiospasm

cardiospasm vs spasm

spasm and cardiospasm both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
spasm Yes No No No
cardiospasm Yes No No No
As nouns, cardiospasm is a hyponym of spasm; that is, cardiospasm is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than spasm:
  • spasm: (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)
  • cardiospasm: a spasm of the cardiac sphincter (between the esophagus and the stomach); if the cardiac sphincter does not relax during swallowing the passage of food into the stomach is obstructed
Other hyponyms of spasm include bronchospasm, heave, retch, laryngismus.
spasm (noun) cardiospasm (noun)
(pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel) a spasm of the cardiac sphincter (between the esophagus and the stomach); if the cardiac sphincter does not relax during swallowing the passage of food into the stomach is obstructed
a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
Difference between spasm and cardiospasm

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