Usually means: Repetitive, rhythmic muscle contraction episodes.
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  1. clonic: Merriam-Webster
  2. clonic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. clonic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. clonic: Vocabulary.com
  5. clonic: Wordnik
  6. clonic: Wiktionary
  7. clonic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. clonic: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. clonic: Dictionary.com
  10. Clonic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Clonic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. clonic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. clonic: Rhymezone
  14. Clonic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. clonic: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. clonic: FreeDictionary.org
  17. clonic: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. clonic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. Clonic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. clonic: Encyclopedia

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  1. clonic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. clonic: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Pertaining to clonus; having irregular, convulsive spasms.

Similar:
convulsionary, convulsional, clonicotonic, myoclonic, spasmic, spasmatic, spasmodic, spastic, spasmous, musculospastic, more...

Opposite:
tonic, steady, stable, constant

Phrases:
clonic seizures, clonic seizure, tonic clonic, clonic convulsion, clonic spasm, more...

Adjectives:
tonic, focal, generalized, multifocal, violent, severe, mild, rhythmic, unilateral, subtle, bilateral

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Similar:
convulsionary, convulsional, clonicotonic, myoclonic, spasmic, spasmatic, spasmodic, spastic, spasmous, musculospastic, more...

Opposite:
tonic, steady, stable, constant

Phrases:
clonic seizures, clonic seizure, tonic clonic, clonic convulsion, clonic spasm, clonic contraction, generalized tonic clonic seizure, tonic clonic seizure, clonic tonic, clonic phase seizure, more...

Adjectives:
tonic, focal, generalized, multifocal, violent, severe, mild, rhythmic, unilateral, subtle, bilateral



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