clonic
Americanadjective
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There were efforts at vomiting, and pallor succeeded cyanosis; there were also clonic contractions of the flexors of the forearm.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 by Various
Found her lying upon the floor, exhibiting all the phenomena of epilepsy, clenched hands, frothing at the mouth, clonic spasm, etc.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
This would seem to prove that the spasms in question are not reflex, but either central and spinal, or else muscular—an inference which is strengthened by their being tonic and not clonic.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The clonic nature of the spasms and the entire absence of trismus serve to distinguish it from tetanus.
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
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