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clonus
noun
[ ˈkləʊnəs ]
• muscular spasm involving repeated, often rhythmic, contractions.
• "the patient suffered partial seizures accompanied with clonus in the left arm"
Origin:
early 19th century: from Greek klonos ‘turmoil’.
