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Definition of Myoclonus
1. Noun. A clonic spasm of a muscle or muscle group.
Definition of Myoclonus
1. Noun. (medicine) The brief, involuntary twitching of a muscle or group of muscles. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Myoclonus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Myoclonus
Literary usage of Myoclonus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1903)
"myoclonus MULTIPLEX AND THE ... ii N. Myoclonia is a general term covering all
the diseases in which myoclonus or muscle-twitching is a prominent symptom. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Medico-Psychological Association Annual Meeting by American Medico-Psychological Association (1903)
"Motor disturbances in the inter-paroxysmal state of an epileptic are not uncommon,
and it is not surprising that it has been found that " myoclonus" is seen ..."
3. Diseases of the nervous system by Herbert Campbell Thomson (1921)
"CHAPTER L myoclonus; MYOTONIA CONGENITA; FAMILY PERIODIC PARALYSIS myoclonus ...
myoclonus is characterized by rapid, sudden contractions of muscles ..."
4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1903)
"myoclonus occurred in association with epilepsy, chorea, tic and paresis; ...
All three types of myoclonus were distinctly degenerative types of mobile ..."
5. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1903)
"In employing the term myoclonus-epilepsy Clark and Front1 speak of what they ...
They believe that the pathological seat of myoclonus is probably in the ..."
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