kumbulsiyon

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish convulsión, from Latin convulsiō (“quarrel; dispute”), from convellō.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: kum‧bul‧si‧yón
  • IPA(key): /kumbulsiˈon/, [kʊm.bʊlˈʃon]

Noun

kumbulsiyón

  1. (medicine) convulsion
    • 1978, Wika: tungo sa pambansang pagkakakilanlan:
      "May kombulsyon si Ed!” ang nanginginig niyang sigaw. "Dali, dalhin nyo na ang bata sa ospital!" ang dagling payo ni Tatay. Hindi na halos kami nakapagbihis at halos panabay kaming nanaog ng bahay na kandong si Ed.
      "Ed's convulsing", he shouted, trembling. "Bring the child to the hospital!" Father quickly said. We almost never had the chance to change clothes and we together left the house carrying Ed in his arms.

Usage notes

This term is more commonly spelled as kombulsyon.

Derived terms
  • kumbulsiyunin
  • magkakumbulsiyon
  • magkumbulsiyon
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