myoclonus
[ mahy-ok-luh-nuhs ]
nounPathology.
an abrupt spasm or twitch of a muscle or group of muscles, occurring in some neurological diseases.
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How to use myoclonus in a sentence
According to Maurice Dide, myoclonus, which he calls motor petit mal, occurs in five per cent.
Tics and Their Treatment | Henry MeigneIt is more especially the association of epilepsy with the ill-defined group of myoclonus that we propose to discuss.
Tics and Their Treatment | Henry MeigneIf several muscles are implicated, the condition is one of multiple myospasm or myoclonus.
Tics and Their Treatment | Henry MeigneSchupfer has recorded cases of family myoclonus with epileptiform attacks.
Tics and Their Treatment | Henry MeigneThe denominations "myoclonus," "muscular dystrophy," "degenerate," are alike inconvenient.
Tics and Their Treatment | Henry Meigne
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