spasmodic
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Laryngeal dystonia, known previously as spasmodic dysphonia, is a rare condition that affects over 50,000 people in the US and Canada.
From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024
Laughter is a sudden, spasmodic expulsion air, but, at the same time, it is adjacent to other, more concerning practices of expulsion and denigration.
From Salon • Nov. 18, 2024
Consultations with doctors eventually brought a brutal diagnosis: spasmodic dysphonia, a neurological disorder in which the muscles in the larynx tighten or lapse into spasms, strangulating speech while making singing a significant challenge.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024
He also has a noticeably strained, raspy voice caused by spasmodic dysphonia, a disorder that causes involuntary spasms in the muscles of the voice box.
From BBC • May 8, 2024
She sits and her cane flexes against the gravel and the boy clicks his buttons in spasmodic flurries.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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