clonic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

clonus +‎ -ic

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clonic (comparative more clonic, superlative most clonic)

  1. 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.

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French clonique.

Adjective[edit]

clonic m or n (feminine singular clonică, masculine plural clonici, feminine and neuter plural clonice)

  1. clonic

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References[edit]

  • clonic in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN