Entry: hemispasm (n.)
In context: "And then aside from the every so often hemispasm of the mouth and right eye he hides via the old sunglasses and pretend-cough tactic..."
Definition: Pathol. a spasm affecting one side only of the body.
Other: Surprisingly not a neologism.
SNOOT score: 1
Page: 556
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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