spasm Copy link Outline 1. spasmus, i, m.; spasma, ătis, n. (Gr. σπασμός, σπάσμα)2. pure Lat. nervorum distentio, rĭgor • spasm: 1. spasmus, i, m.; spasma, ătis, n. (Gr. σπασμός, σπάσμα): Plin. 2. pure Lat. nervorum distentio, rĭgor: Cels. 2, 7, ad med. Also, simply rigores (spasms), Plin. 26, 12, 81. Affected with s.s, spasticus, ib.: also, vulsus, Plin. 21, 19, 74: to be seized with s.s, (? paralysed), convelli, Suet. Tib. 72.