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spasmodic

[spaz-mod-ik] / spæzˈmɒd ɪk /


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You’ve probably actually heard of spasmodic dysphonia before this, even if you didn’t quite realize it.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

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

“We just don’t know what brings it on,” said Dr. Michael Johns, director of the USC Voice Center and an authority on spasmodic dysphonia.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2024

The dancers moonwalk and roll their necks; their motions are smooth and spasmodic by turns, and several of them present bulging eyes and pained expressions that recall the existential intensity of butoh.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2022

Cluny’s horde was only making spasmodic sallies from the ditch now.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques




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