Clonus

What do we mean by clonus?

An abnormality in neuromuscular activity characterized by rapidly alternating muscular contraction and relaxation. noun

In pathology, alternating contractions and relaxations of a muscle following one another in somewhat quick succession. See clonic spasm and ankle-clonus. noun

A series of muscular contractions due to sudden stretching of the muscle, -- a sign of certain neuropathies. noun

A muscular spasm with regular contractions noun

Convulsion characterized by alternating contractions and relaxations noun

A muscular spasm with regular contractions.

Words that are spelled similarly to clonus:
clonus, conus, cronus, clones, colonus, clous.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word clonus:
spasticity, contractions, involuntary, neuron, ankle, muscle, muscles, decreased, horror, patients, motor, stages, potential, increased, results, seen, present, science, common, due.

Words that rhyme with clonus:
onus, bonus, petronas, tonus, conus, cronus, jonas, slowness, tonous, proneness, colonus, nowness, keratoconus, lowness, loneness, donis, blown us, chronis, disown us, known us, kotsonis, loan us, monus, phone us, shown us, stone us, telephone us, thrown us, veronis.

Adjectives that are often used to describe clonus:
ankle, patellar, bilateral, true, foot, unsustained, sustained, spurious, slight, spontaneous, facial, right, mild, marked, persistent, double, distinct, exhaustible, forelimb, left, generalized, false, transient, organic, unilateral, rectus, wrist, jerk, induced, abortive, brief, terminal, intermittent, developed, diaphragmatic, sided, repetitive, typical, troublesome, prolonged, associated, knee, patella, resistant, welldeveloped, test, rhythmic, muscular, nonsustained, hysteric, palatal, dorsal, physiological, symmetrical, occasional, called.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective clonus:
present, contraction.

Consonant match to clonus:
cleanness, clean us.

Words that sound like clonus:
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