Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An abnormality in neuromuscular activity characterized by rapidly alternating muscular contraction and relaxation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, alternating contractions and relaxations of a muscle following one another in somewhat quick succession. See
clonic spasm and ankle-clonus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A series of muscular contractions due to sudden stretching of the muscle, -- a sign of certain neuropathies.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine a
muscular spasm with regularcontractions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun convulsion characterized by alternating contractions and relaxations
Etymologies
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Examples
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Musculature of legs was in a constant mild clonus, and the right foot was kept in position of talipes equinovarus.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry Bernard Glueck
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Tapping of one knee tended to set musculature of opposite knee in mild clonus of short duration.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry Bernard Glueck
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Considerable power had been regained in the lower extremity, so that the patient could walk with help, but foot-drop persisted; the gait was spastic in character, the reflexes were much exaggerated, and there was marked clonus.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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No foot clonus, no Babinski; abdominal reflexes present, cremasteric not elicited; catalepsy not always present.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry Bernard Glueck
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Both deep and superficial reflexes exaggerated; ankle clonus both sides; hyperæsthesia of abdomen and face.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry Bernard Glueck
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Patellar reflexes were markedly exaggerated on both sides, the left more so than the right, and ankle clonus was present on the left side.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry Bernard Glueck
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The plantar and patellar reflexes were much exaggerated, and there was ankle clonus, most marked in the left limb.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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There was neither ankle nor patellar clonus, and the other reflexes were present and normal.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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Upon tapping, the quadriceps tendon caused a brisk marked contraction of thigh muscles, followed by mild clonus.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry Bernard Glueck
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There is an attempt at, but no true, clonus; that is, passive flexion of the foot causes two or three jerky movements.
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