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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. In pathology, pertaining to or exhibiting clonus.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Pertaining to clonus; having irregular, convulsive spasms.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Having an irregular, convulsive motion.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. of or relating to abnormal neuromuscular activity characterized by rapidly alternating muscle contraction and relaxation

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  • “March 14, 2007 at 2: 37 am | Reply jim your overrating the honesty out there. many would be willing to mislead, and clonic is right, sometimes all you need is a link, good or bad. justsayhi paying bloggers for False Advertising/Trademark infringement « The Paradigm Shift Says:”

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  • “Another type of seizure triggered by sound is called a clonic seizure, which happens for about 10 to 15 seconds during sleep.”

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  • “But I also have tonic-clonic which is what used to be "Grand Mals" - I hope that helps - I need to get to an expert I told my GP what the Canada epilepsy society wanted passed on to him; "What CENTURY did your GP take his training?”

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  • “Central nervous system effects are also common and can vary from agitation to tonic-clonic seizures.”

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  • “It can manifest as an alteration in mental state, tonic or clonic movements, convulsions, and various other psychic symptoms.”

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  • “Most often, though, they fall in a well-documented spectrum of mental and somatic anomalies, from the transient episodes of decreased awareness known as absence (formerly called "petit mal") to the tonic-clonic (or "grand mal") attack characterized by loss of consciousness, collapse and spasmodic stiffening and jerking.”

    Newsweek: In the Grip of the Unknown

  • “Phenytoin and fosphenytoin are used to control tonic-clonic grand mal and complex-partial seizures in epilepsy.”

    Caution for Asians on epilepsy drug

  • “They are paid to influence our decisions. clonic Says:”

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  • “Turns out unlike beating yourself up metaphorically or inside, having a grand mal/tonic clonic of extreme flailing causes sprains and strains and bruises and torn muscles and if you are unlucky dislocations.”

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  • “Kathz: I had a bunch of seizures, a clonic-tonic and others which made me sleep 12.5 hours, so um, I was planning on watching The Bishop's Wife but that got eaten up.”

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