clonic

[ klon-ik, kloh-nik ]

adjective

, Pathology.

1. of or relating to clonus.

Other Words From

• clo·nic·i·ty [kloh-, nis, -i-tee, klo-], noun
• clonism [kloh, -niz-, uh, m], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of clonic¹

First recorded in 1840–50; clon(us) + -ic

Example Sentences

However, the clonic nature of the spasm should prevent such an error.

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The musculature of thighs showed a more or less constant clonic twitching.

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The clonic spasms may be so severe as to rupture muscles or even to fracture one of the long bones.

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To this permanent tonic contraction of the muscles there are soon added clonic spasms.

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It is a sort of half clonic, half tonic, tic of the foot, whose slowness is on a par with that of all her other acts.

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