myoclonus
/mahy-ok-luh-nuhs/US // maɪˈɒk lə nəs //
肌阵挛,肌阵挛症,肌无力,肌张力
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Pathology.
- : an abrupt spasm or twitch of a muscle or group of muscles, occurring in some neurological diseases.
Examples
According to Maurice Dide, myoclonus, which he calls motor petit mal, occurs in five per cent.
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.
Schupfer has recorded cases of family myoclonus with epileptiform attacks.
The denominations "myoclonus," "muscular dystrophy," "degenerate," are alike inconvenient.
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