myoclonus

[ mahy-ok-luh-nuhs ]

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noun

, Pathology.

an abrupt spasm or twitch of a muscle or group of muscles, occurring in some neurological diseases.

First recorded in 1880–85; myo- + clonus

How does myoclonus compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

According to Maurice Dide, myoclonus, which he calls motor petit mal, occurs in five per cent.

It is more especially the association of epilepsy with the ill-defined group of myoclonus that we propose to discuss.

If several muscles are implicated, the condition is one of multiple myospasm or myoclonus.

Schupfer has recorded cases of family myoclonus with epileptiform attacks.

The denominations "myoclonus," "muscular dystrophy," "degenerate," are alike inconvenient.

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