SYNCLONUS
\sˈɪŋklə͡ʊnəs], \sˈɪŋkləʊnəs], \s_ˈɪ_ŋ_k_l_əʊ_n_ə_s]\
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Simultaneous clonic contraction of a number of different muscles. Also a disease (e. g., chorea, paralysis agitans) characterized by multiple clonic contractions or muscular tremor. S. beriberia, beriberi.
By Alexander Duane
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Muscular tremor or successive clonic contraction of various muscles together.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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See general convulsion, under convulsion. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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