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clonic
[ klon-ik, kloh-nik ]
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- clo·nic·i·ty [kloh-, nis, -i-tee, klo-], noun
- clonism [kloh, -niz-, uh, m], noun
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Example Sentences
However, the clonic nature of the spasm should prevent such an error.
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The musculature of thighs showed a more or less constant clonic twitching.
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The clonic spasms may be so severe as to rupture muscles or even to fracture one of the long bones.
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To this permanent tonic contraction of the muscles there are soon added clonic spasms.
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It is a sort of half clonic, half tonic, tic of the foot, whose slowness is on a par with that of all her other acts.
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