Complete Definition of "clonic"

English

Etymology
From clonus.

Pronunciation
IPA: /'kl�nɪk/

Adjective
clonic

  1. pertaining to clonus; having irregular, convulsive spasms.

#:*1973: Hospital attendants stand by to drag the children off, drooling, screaming, having clonic convulsions. � Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow

Antonyms
tonic

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