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/muy ok"leuh neuhs/, n. Pathol.an abrupt spasm or twitch of a muscle or group of muscles, occurring in some neurological diseases.[1880-85; MYO- + CLONUS]
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Myoclonus — Classification and external resources ICD 10 G25.3 ICD 9 333.2 … Wikipedia
myoclonus — [mī äk′lə nəs] n. [ MYO + CLONUS] involuntary twitching or spasm of a muscle or muscles myoclonic [mī΄ō klän′ik] adj … English World dictionary
Myoclonus — A condition of abnormal contraction of muscles or portions of muscles. * * * One or a series of shock like contractions of a group of muscles, of variable regularity, synchrony, and symmetry, generally due to a central nervous system lesion. [myo … Medical dictionary
myoclonus — n. a sudden spasm of the muscles. Occasional myoclonic jerks occur between seizures in patients with idiopathic epilepsy, and myoclonus is a major feature of some progressive neurological illnesses with extensive degeneration of the brain cells… … The new mediacal dictionary
myoclonus — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1883 irregular involuntary contraction of a muscle usually resulting from functional disorder of controlling motor neurons; also a condition characterized by myoclonus • myoclonic adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
myoclonus epilepsia — myoclonus epilepsia. См. миоклонус эпилепсия. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
myoclonus epilepsy — n MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY … Medical dictionary
myoclonus — noun The brief, involuntary twitching of a muscle or group of muscles … Wiktionary
myoclonus — n. muscular spasms (Pathology) … English contemporary dictionary
myoclonus — [ˌmʌɪə(ʊ) kləʊnəs] noun Medicine spasmodic jerky contraction of groups of muscles. Derivatives myoclonic adjective … English new terms dictionary
