Associations to the word «Clonus»

Wiktionary

CLONUS, noun. (medicine) a muscular spasm with regular contractions

Dictionary definition

CLONUS, noun. Convulsion characterized by alternating contractions and relaxations.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats