Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cardiospasm

1 sense of cardiospasm

Sense 1
cardiospasm -- (a spasm of the cardiac sphincter (between the esophagus and the stomach); if the cardiac sphincter does not relax during swallowing the passage of food into the stomach is obstructed)
       => spasm -- ((pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel))