convulsion
Syllables: con·vul·sion/kənˈvʌlʃən/
convulsion noun: an intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular contraction.
Noun
convulsion (plural convulsions)
- An intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular contraction.
- That immortal creature had gone over the proofs with great pains — had of course taken out the stiflings — hard-plungings, lungeings, and other convulsions — and had also taken out her weakenings and damagings of her own effects.1850-1859, Charles Dickens, Household Words
- An uncontrolled fit, as of laughter; a paroxysm.
- Violent turmoil.
- Earthquakes and convulsions of nature shake Earth on a regular basis.
- It would seem as if calm were necessary to convulsion; for the tranquillity of the last few months was again to be disturbed by political commotion.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 97–98
- Hysteric in nature.
convulsion meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
convulsion in Tamil
- intense muscular contraction
- வலிப்பு valippu
convulsion in Urdu
- دورہ
convulsion in Bengali
- খিঁচুনি
convulsion in Telugu
- intense muscular contraction
- ఫిట్లు phiṭlu
- uncontrolled fit
- ఫిట్లు phiṭlu
- violent turmoil
- ఫిట్లు phiṭlu
- hysteric in nature
- పూనకం pūnakaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- convulsion in Malayalam
- വലിവ്, അപസ്മാരം, കോച്ചൽ, വിറ
- convulsion in Kannada
- ಸೆಟೆತ, ಸೆಳವು, ರಭಸವಾಗಿ ನಡುಗುವುದು
- convulsion in Tagalog
- suba, kumbulsiyon, taol
- convulsion in Arabic
- اِخْتِلَاج iḵtilāj
- convulsion in Persian
- تشنج
Examples of convulsion in a sentence
- High-pressure oxygen acts on the central nervous system and may cause convulsions or death.
- Once ingested, the poison attacks the membranes of the neurone cells, causing death by convulsion in seconds.
- Very large doses of acetophenetidin may cause dizziness, delirium, or convulsions.
Forms of convulsion
| plural | convulsions |
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Origin of convulsion
From Latin convulsiō, from convellō.
Words formed from convulsion
Questions about convulsion
- What does convulsion mean?
- Convulsion means an intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular contraction.
- What is convulsion in Tamil?
- Convulsion in Tamil is வலிப்பு (valippu). See Convulsion meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is convulsion?
- Convulsion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce convulsion?
- Convulsion is pronounced /kənˈvʌlʃən/.
- What is the plural of convulsion?
- The plural of convulsion is convulsions.
Words near convulsion in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: convulsion (page history and authors); convulsion (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); convulsion (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); convulsion (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); convulsion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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