Term: spasm: (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)
Broader: constriction: the action or process of compressing | Unrelated: bodkin: a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops
Broader: constriction: the action or process of compressing | Unrelated: repository: a burial vault (usually for some famous person)
Broader: constriction: the action or process of compressing | Unrelated: out-of-court settlement: resolution of a dispute prior to the rendering of a final decision by the trial court
Broader: constriction: the action or process of compressing | Unrelated: classifier: a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted item belongs
Broader: constriction: the action or process of compressing | Unrelated: flame tree: south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers
Broader: constriction: the action or process of compressing | Unrelated: pot: the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
Broader: constriction: the action or process of compressing | Unrelated: knackwurst: short thick highly seasoned sausage
Broader: constriction: the action or process of compressing | Unrelated: shot metal: an alloy that is 98% lead and 2% arsenic; used in making small shot
Broader: constriction: the action or process of compressing | Unrelated: bit: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
Broader: constriction: the action or process of compressing | Unrelated: picometer: a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter