different between clonus vs fasciculation

clonus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clonus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ?????? (klónos), meaning a "violent, confused motion."

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?kl??n?s/

Noun

clonus (plural clonuses)

  1. (medicine) A muscular spasm with regular contractions.

Derived terms

  • clonic

Translations

Anagrams

  • UNCLOS, cluons, consul

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fasciculation

English

Noun

fasciculation (countable and uncountable, plural fasciculations)

  1. (anatomy, muscles) (toxicology, venoms) An involuntary muscle twitch, usually localised and temporary, but that may be intensified and prolonged fatally by particular poisons and venoms such as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.
  2. A cluster of fascicules

Derived terms

  • cofasciculation

Translations

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