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Definition of Clonic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to abnormal neuromuscular activity characterized by rapidly alternating muscle contraction and relaxation. "Clonic spasm"
Definition of Clonic
1. a. Having an irregular, convulsive motion.
Definition of Clonic
1. Adjective. Pertaining to clonus; having irregular, convulsive spasms. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clonic
1. pertaining to clonus [adj] - See also: clonus
Medical Definition of Clonic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Clonic
Literary usage of Clonic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Epilepsy and Other Chronic Convulsive Diseases: Their Causes, Symptoms, and by William Richard Gowers (1901)
"The muscles involved in the clonic spasm are usually the same as those which ...
As the clonic stage develops, the limbs retain the same position in which ..."
2. The Laryngoscope by American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society (1908)
"On examining the throat it was observable that the sound was concurrent with
clonic spasm of the posterior pillars of the fauces. ..."
3. Diseases of the Nervous System by Julius Lincoln Salinger (1910)
"clonic Muscular Spasms Hysterical myoclonus cases may be divided in a similar
manner to ... Regional clonic spasms in one or more extremities is very rare ..."
4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1893)
"Stated Meeting, held at the New York Academy of Medicine, Tuesday evening, March
7, 1893. Dr. M. ALLEN STARR, President, in the chair. clonic SPASM OF THE ..."
5. Diseases of Children by Abraham Jacobi (1910)
"They may be quite properly designated as "simple clonic spa-sms or ... A.
SIMPLE clonic SPASMS OR CONVULSIONS Although it has been stated that the spasmodic ..."
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