Meaning

4 senses
  1. An intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular contraction.

    Konvulsion, Krampf

    конву́льсияkonvúlʹsija

  2. An uncontrolled fit, as of laughter; a paroxysm.

    при́ступprístup

  3. Violent turmoil.

    Earthquakes and convulsions of nature shake Earth on a regular basis.

    a violent disturbance

  4. Hysteric in nature.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Antonio collapsed and started having convulsions.

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  2. They were all in convulsions of laughter.

    ruОни все покатывались со смеху.

    deSie bogen sich alle vor Lachen.

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  3. What must be done when a patient has convulsions?

    ruЧто должно быть сделано, когда у пациента конвульсии?

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  4. Convulsions can occur when they run a fever.

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  5. Antonio started having convulsions.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
intense muscular contraction:
uncontrolled fit:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
intense muscular contraction:

Origin

From Latin convulsiō, from convellō.

From Latin convulsiō, from convellō.

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Forms

plural: convulsions
Singularconvulsion
Pluralconvulsions

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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