Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or exhibiting myoclonus or myoclonia.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
myoclonus ; consisting of or characterized bysudden jerking motions.
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Examples
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These full-body spasms are called myoclonic twitches.
Ilene Kleinbaum: The Great Wake Up Program: My Sleep Education Ilene Kleinbaum 2011
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The most common time for people to experience these myoclonic twitches is when they are falling asleep, and the occurrence is called a hypnic jerk.
Ilene Kleinbaum: The Great Wake Up Program: My Sleep Education Ilene Kleinbaum 2011
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She presented minimally responsive with myoclonic twitching and in ventricular fibrillation.
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We also experience myoclonic twitches in the form of hiccups -- that's considered an esophageal spasm.
Ilene Kleinbaum: The Great Wake Up Program: My Sleep Education Ilene Kleinbaum 2011
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For example, LaFora Disease (progressive myoclonic, type 2), a particularly aggressive epilepsy, is characterized in part by the presence of glycogen-like Lafora bodies in the brain.
Archive 2004-11-01 2004
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I did lurch a little on that divan, rocking forward as if with a myoclonic jerk, the spasm that occurs right before sleep, and Beaubien's lips, which she had just noticeably parted, were now re-formed into a tight-lipped smile.
Wake Up, Sir! Jonathan Ames 2004
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Dr Guy Rouleau and colleagues at McGill University Health Centre Research Institute in Montreal, found that mutations in the gene GABRA could cause juvenile myoclonic epilepsy JME.
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These include tongue protrusion; lip smacking; chewing movements; blinking; athetosis of the fingers and toes; shoulder shrugging; and myoclonic movements of the head, neck, and extremities.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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-- This condition is a myoclonic affection of the hind leg which is discussed in works on theory and practice under the head of neuroses, but the cause or causes have not been established.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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The most common time for people to experience these myoclonic twitches is when they are falling asleep, and the occurrence is called a hypnic jerk.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Ilene Kleinbaum 2011
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