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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

cognition, knowledge, noesis go
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

information go
knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction

grounds, evidence go
your basis for belief or disbelief

symptom go
(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease

spasm, cramp, muscle spasm
a painful and involuntary muscular contraction

noun.state

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charley horse, charley-horse go
a muscular cramp (especially in the thigh or calf) following vigorous exercise
writer's cramp, graphospasm go
muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil
blepharospasm go
spasm of the eyelid muscle resulting in closure of the eye
kink, rick, crick, wrick go
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
myoclonus go
a clonic spasm of a muscle or muscle group
opisthotonos go
severe spasm in which the back arches and the head bends back and heels flex toward the back
twitch, twitching, vellication go
a sudden muscle spasm
tenesmus go
painful spasm of the anal sphincter along with an urgent desire to defecate without the significant production of feces
trismus go
prolonged spasm of the jaw muscles