Definitions for myoclonus

myoclonus my·oc·lo·nus

Spelling: [mahy-ok-luh-nuh s]
IPA: /maɪˈɒk lə nəs/

Myoclonus is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 261 anagrams from letters in myoclonus (clmnoosuy).

Definitions for myoclonus

noun

  1. an abrupt spasm or twitch of a muscle or group of muscles, occurring in some neurological diseases.

Origin of myoclonus

First recorded in 1880-85; myo- + clonus

Examples for myoclonus

It is more especially the association of epilepsy with the ill-defined group of myoclonus that we propose to discuss.

If several muscles are implicated, the condition is one of multiple myospasm or myoclonus.

According to Maurice Dide, myoclonus, which he calls motor petit mal, occurs in five per cent.

The denominations "myoclonus," "muscular dystrophy," "degenerate," are alike inconvenient.

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