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Latin
Etymology
convulsus, perfect passive participle of convellō + -tiō
Pronunciation
Noun
convulsiō f (genitive convulsiōnis); third declension
- convulsion
- (medicine) cramp, convulsion
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “convulsio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- convulsio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.