Usually means: Involuntary, quick muscle jerks, spasms.
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  1. myoclonus: Merriam-Webster
  2. myoclonus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. myoclonus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  8. myoclonus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  1. myoclonus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  5. Myoclonus: Merck Manuals
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Definitions from Wiktionary (myoclonus)

▸ noun:  (medicine) The brief, involuntary twitching of a muscle or group of muscles.

Similar:
myoclonia, clonus, myokymia, myospasm, paramyoclonus, myotasis, movement disorder, tremor, myotonia, clonism, more...

Opposite:
immobility, calmness, relaxation.

Phrases:
myoclonus epilepsy, nocturnal myoclonus, Palatal myoclonus, essential myoclonus, epileptic myoclonus, more...

Adjectives:
nocturnal, palatal, cortical, epileptic, negative, essential, multifocal, induced, segmental, spinal, focal

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Similar:
myoclonia, clonus, myokymia, myospasm, paramyoclonus, myotasis, movement disorder, tremor, myotonia, clonism, more...

Opposite:
immobility, calmness, relaxation.

Phrases:
myoclonus epilepsy, nocturnal myoclonus, Palatal myoclonus, essential myoclonus, epileptic myoclonus, intention myoclonus, symptomatic myoclonus, opsoclonus myoclonus, physiologic myoclonus, more...

Adjectives:
nocturnal, palatal, cortical, epileptic, negative, essential, multifocal, induced, segmental, spinal, focal



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