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English
Etymology
From clonus + -ic.
Pronunciation
Adjective
clonic (comparative more clonic, superlative most clonic)
- 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.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
having irregular, convulsive spasms
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French clonique.
Adjective
clonic m or n (feminine singular clonică, masculine plural clonici, feminine and neuter plural clonice)
- clonic
Declension
References
- clonic in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN