blepharospasm
/ˈblɛfəɹəʊˌspæzəm/noun
blepharospasm is a noun meaning “A physiological condition characterized by recurring involuntary twitches or closing of the eyelids” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled B-L-E-P-H-A-R-O-S-P-A-S-M, and it appears about once in every 54 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of blepharospasm is blepharospasms.
What does blepharospasm mean?
noun
- 1
A physiological condition characterized by recurring involuntary twitches or closing of the eyelids.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce blepharospasm?
- /ˈblɛfəɹəʊˌspæzəm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of blepharospasm
- blepharospasms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is blepharospasm?
Blepharospasm appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Blepharospasm in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense spasm of eyelid:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | blépharospasme |
| Portuguese | blefaroespasmo, blefarospasmo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does blepharospasm come from?
From blepharo- + spasm.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).