synclonic spasm

  • 1synclonic — synclonic, a. Path. (sɪnˈklɒnɪk) [f. mod.L. synclonus simultaneous spasm of several muscles: see syn 1 and clonic.] Applied to clonic spasms affecting a number of muscles at once. 1822–7 Good Study Med. (1829) IV. 470 …

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