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noun
A muscular spasm with regular contractions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
convulsion characterized by alternating contractions and relaxations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: convulsion
History
Borrowed from Latin clonus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κλόνος (klónos), meaning a "violent, confused motion."
Across languages
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