痙けい攣れん

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痙攣する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	痙けい攣れんする	痙けい攣れんしない
Polite	痙けい攣れんします	痙けい攣れんしません
Past polite	痙けい攣れんしました	痙けい攣れんしませんでした
Past	痙けい攣れんした	痙けい攣れんしなかった
Te-form	痙けい攣れんして	痙けい攣れんしないで
Desire	痙けい攣れんしたい	痙けい攣れんしたくない
Potential	痙けい攣れんできる	痙けい攣れんできない
Passive	痙けい攣れんされる	痙けい攣れんされない
Causative	痙けい攣れんさせる	痙けい攣れんさせない
Causative passive	痙けい攣れんさせられる	痙けい攣れんさせられない
Volitional	痙けい攣れんしよう
Polite volitional	痙けい攣れんしましょう
Imperative	痙けい攣れんしろ	痙けい攣れんするな
Conditional	痙けい攣れんすれば	痙けい攣れんしなければ
Tara conditional	痙けい攣れんしたら	痙けい攣れんしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

convulsion; cramp; spasm; twitch

Medical and general term for involuntary muscle contractions, ranging from minor twitches to full-body convulsions. Can be used as a noun or with する to describe the action.

足あしが痙けい攣れんして痛いたかった。
My leg cramped up and hurt.
てんかん発ほっ作さで全ぜん身しんが痙けい攣れんした。
His whole body convulsed during the epileptic seizure.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉が痙けい攣れんするfor a body part to twitch/spasm
目めの下したが痙けい攣れんしている。
The area under my eye keeps twitching.
痙けい攣れんが走はしるfor a spasm to run through (a body part)
全ぜん身しんに痙けい攣れんが走はしった。
A convulsion ran through my whole body.
痙けい攣れんを抑おさえるto suppress/control a spasm
薬くすりで痙けい攣れんを抑おさえることができた。
The medicine was able to control the spasms.

Expressions

痙けい攣れんを起おこすhave convulsions; have a seizure

Kanji

痙have a cramp
攣crooked, bent

Related words

引ひきつり
引きつり is the everyday, colloquial word for a twitch or cramp, especially in the face, while 痙攣 is the formal medical term for involuntary muscle contractions of any severity.
こむら返がえり
こむら返り names one specific kind of cramp (a calf muscle cramp/charley horse), whereas 痙攣 is the general term covering any convulsion or spasm.
発ほっ作さN1
発作 refers to a sudden attack or seizure (e.g. of asthma, epilepsy, pain) and can include but is broader than muscular spasms, while 痙攣 specifically denotes involuntary muscle contraction.
チック
痙攣 refers to convulsions or cramps, which tend to be more severe and sustained than the sudden, brief movements of a チック.
引ひきつるN1
痙攣する is a more formal, medical term for muscle spasms, while 引きつる is the everyday word used for the same involuntary twitching.

Word family

胃い痙けい攣れん
stomach cramps; stomach spasm; gastrospasm
膣ちつ痙けい攣れん
vaginismus; vaginal spasm
眼がん瞼けん痙けい攣れん
blepharospasm; spasmodic winking
顔がん面めん痙けい攣れん
facial spasm; facial tic
気き管かん支し痙けい攣れん
bronchospasm; bronchial spasm

Written forms

痙けい攣れんUsage70%
Standard kanji spelling for medical and general use.
けいれんUsage26%
ケイレンUsage4%

Etymology

The kanji 痙 (spasm) and 攣 (twitch) both relate to muscle contractions. The reading けいれん is on'yomi. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term has been used in medical contexts for centuries.