clonic
Americanadjective
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Paralysis, it may be inferred from the statements already made, is an incident of this disease, for an excess of the action causing tonic or clonic spasm must induce paralysis.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
As the toxin spreads it causes both motor hyper-tonus and hyper-excitability, which accounts for the tonic contraction and the clonic spasms characteristic of tetanus.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
First rigid, then clonic spasms; after attack, nose bled profusely, head ached all day, face flushed and dark.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
There are, besides, during a paroxysm, general muscular trembling and clonic spasms of the muscles of the trunk and extremities.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
At the same time the clonic movements of its syrinx or “sound box” distinctly can be seen going on in its throat.
From Antarctic Penguins A Study of Their Social Habits by George Murray Levick
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