English

gastrospasm

From gastro- + spasm.

Ancient Greek γαστήρ ‘stomach’

Ancient Greek σπάω ‘to draw out, pull out’

Ancient Greek σπασμός ‘spasm, convulsion’

Latin spasmus ‘cramp, convulsion, spasm’

Old French spasme

Middle English spasme

English spasm

Today it means

noun Spasmodic contraction of the gastric walls.

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Etymograph / gastrospasm