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Antispasmodic

agent which prevents or relieves spasms

Asthenia

weakness

Excitation

causes a response

Inhibition

prevents a response

Spasm

an involuntary contraction of a muscle due to injury or overuse

Spasmolytic

an agent that relieves or relaxes acute spasms

Spasticity

a state of increased tone of a muscle (and an increase in the deep tendon reflexes). For example, with spasticity of the legs (spastic paraplegia) there is an increase in tone fo the leg muscles so they feel tight and rigid and the knee jerk reflex is exaggerated

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Antispasmodic agent which prevents or relieves spasms	Asthenia weakness	Excitation causes a response	Inhibition prevents a response
Spasm an involuntary contraction of a muscle due to injury or overuse	Spasmolytic an agent that relieves or relaxes acute spasms	Spasticity a state of increased tone of a muscle (and an increase in the deep tendon reflexes). For example, with spasticity of the legs (spastic paraplegia) there is an increase in tone fo the leg muscles so they feel tight and rigid and the knee jerk reflex is exaggerated