clonus.

Repeated involuntary contractions and relaxations of a muscle, often triggered by stretching it.

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Words that belong together

• ankle clonus
• sustained clonus

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Ankle clonus made his foot beat against the frame.

The examiner observed sustained clonus when the muscle was stretched.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.