Usually means: Involuntary, quick muscle jerks or spasms.
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  1. myoclonic: Merriam-Webster
  2. myoclonic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. myoclonic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. myoclonic: Wordnik
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  6. myoclonic: Dictionary.com
  7. Myoclonic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. myoclonic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. myoclonic: Encyclopedia

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  1. myoclonic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. myoclonic: Medical dictionary
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▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to myoclonus; consisting of or characterized by sudden jerking motions.

Similar:
myoclonal, myotonic, photomyoclonic, clonic, myospastic, spasmodic, myokinetic, myologic, myotatic, myocerebral, more...

Opposite:
non-myoclonic, atonic, tonic, clonic, hypokinetic

Types:
positive myoclonus, negative myoclonus, reticular myoclonus, segmental myoclonus, cortical myoclonus, hippocampal my, more...

Phrases:
myoclonic epilepsy, myoclonic seizures, myoclonic epilepsies, myoclonic jerk, myoclonic seizure, more...

Adjectives:
juvenile, clonic, progressive, generalized, tonic, atonic, familial, severe, subtle, brief, massive

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Similar:
myoclonal, myotonic, photomyoclonic, clonic, myospastic, spasmodic, myokinetic, myologic, myotatic, myocerebral, more...

Opposite:
non-myoclonic, atonic, tonic, clonic, hypokinetic

Types:
positive myoclonus, negative myoclonus, reticular myoclonus, segmental myoclonus, cortical myoclonus, hippocampal my, more...

Phrases:
myoclonic epilepsy, myoclonic seizures, myoclonic epilepsies, myoclonic jerk, myoclonic seizure, myoclonic twitches, Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, myoclonic twitch, lafora's myoclonic epilepsy, more...

Adjectives:
juvenile, clonic, progressive, generalized, tonic, atonic, familial, severe, subtle, brief, massive



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