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convulsión

convulsion

noun kohn-bool-SYOHN Rare
Body & Health Health & Illness

Origin: From Latin convulsio, from convellere ('to pull violently').

Also means

upheaval

Usage Note

Convulsión is used both medically (a seizure) and figuratively (a social or political upheaval). The plural convulsiones is common in historical writing — las convulsiones políticas del siglo XX ('the political upheavals of the 20th century'). The related verb is convulsionar ('to convulse, to shake').

Examples

"El paciente sufrió una fuerte convulsión."

Natural Translation

The patient suffered a severe convulsion.

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