spasmophilia

[ spaz-muh-fil-ee-uh ]

nounPathology.
  1. a condition in which only moderate mechanical or electrical stimulation produces spasms, convulsions, or tetany.

Origin of spasmophilia

1
From New Latin; see origin at spasm, -o-, -philia

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