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TONIC SPASM

\tˈɒnɪk spˈazəm], \tˈɒnɪk spˈazəm], \t_ˈɒ_n_ɪ_k s_p_ˈa_z_ə_m]\

Definitions of TONIC SPASM

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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spasm in which rigidity persists for a considerable time.
See under Spasm.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A s. in which the muscles or muscular fibers contract and remain contracted for a comparatively long time. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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