clonic

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈklɒnɪk/

Etymology

clonus +‎ -ic

Adjective

clonic (comparative more clonic, superlative most clonic)

Pertaining to clonus; having irregular, convulsive spasms.
- 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
  Hospital attendants stand by to drag the children off, drooling, screaming, having clonic convulsions.

Antonyms

tonic

Translations

having irregular, convulsive spasms

German: klonisch

Hungarian: rángásos

Anagrams

Concil.

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