Definition of clonic Clonic

clon•ic

We found 5 definitions of clonic from 5 different sources.

What does clonic mean?

WordNet

Adjective

clonic, cloniccer, cloniccest

clonic - of or relating to abnormal neuromuscular activity characterized by rapidly alternating muscle contraction and relaxation; "clonic spasm"

medical specialty, medicine the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"

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Wiktionary

clonic (Adjective)
Pertaining to clonus; having irregular, convulsive spasms.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

clonic (a.)
Having an irregular, convulsive motion.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

clonic
klon′ik, adj. pertaining to clonus, with alternate convulsive contractions and relaxations of the muscles (of spasms)—opp. to Tonic.—n. Clō′nus, a clonic spasm. [Gr.]

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clonic, adjective.

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