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Definition: Clonus |
ClonusNoun1. Convulsion characterized by alternating contractions and relaxations. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Clonus \Clo"nus\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression violent, confused motion.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Clonus |
| English words defined with "clonus": Lafora's disease ♦ myoclonus epilepsy ♦ Wrist clonus. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Parts: The Clonus Horror (1978) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Symptoms may include hypertonicity (increased muscle tone), clonus (a series of rapid muscle contractions), exaggerated deep tendon reflexes, muscle spasms, scissoring (involuntary crossing of the legs), and fixed joints. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "clonus": wrist clonus. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
clonus | 42 |
ankle clonus | 5 |
clonus scoliosis test | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "clonus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | спазми (jactitation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | uterus-klonus (clonus of the uterus, clonus uteri), patellarklonus (patellar clonus), katodelukningsklonus (cathodal closure clonus), katodeåbningsklonus (cathodal opening clonus), hofteklonus (hip clonus), haandklonus (wrist clonus), fodklonus (foot clonus), Bloch's tegn (Bloch sign, foot clonus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | clonus uteri (clonus of the uterus, clonus uteri), clonus patellaris (patellar clonus), handclonus (wrist clonus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | contractions subintrantes de l'utérus (clonus of the uterus, clonus uteri), clonus du poignet (wrist clonus), clonus du pied (foot clonus), clonus de la rotule (patellar clonus), clonus de la hanche (hip clonus), tétanos l'ouverture du pôle négatif (cathodal opening clonus), tétanos la fermeture du pôle négatif (cathodal closure clonus), tétanisation utérine (clonus of the uterus, clonus uteri), signe du balancier de Bloch (foot clonus), phénomène de la rotule (patellar clonus), danse de la rotule (patellar clonus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Clonus uteri (clonus of the uterus, clonus uteri), Patellarklonus (patellar clonus), Kniescheibenphänomen (patellar clonus), Kathodenschließungstetanus (cathodal closure clonus), Kathodenschließungsklonus (cathodal closure clonus), Kathodenöffnungstetanus (cathodal opening clonus), Kathodenöffnungsklonus (cathodal opening clonus), Handklonus (wrist clonus), Handgelenkklonus (wrist clonus), Hüftklonus (hip clonus), Fußphänomen (foot clonus), Fußklonus (foot clonus), Bloch Zeichen (Bloch sign, foot clonus), ASZ (accl., anodal closure clonus, Anodal Closure Contraction), Anodenschliessungszuckung (accl., anodal closure clonus, Anodal Closure Contraction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κλόνος στο σημείο της καθόδου κατά την διάνοιξη του ηλεκτρικού ρεύματος (cathodal closure clonus), κλόνος μήτρας (clonus of the uterus, clonus uteri), κλόνος εις το σημείο της καθόδου κατά την διακοπή του ηλεκτρικού ρεύματος (cathodal opening clonus), κλόνος της επιγονατίδας (patellar clonus), κλόνος του ποδός (Bloch sign, foot clonus), σήμα του Bloch (Bloch sign, foot clonus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rángás (jolt, trepidancy, trepidation, trepidity, twitch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | clono dell'utero (clonus of the uterus, clonus uteri), clono dell'anca (hip clonus), clono della rotula (patellar clonus), clono della patella (patellar clonus), clono della mano (wrist clonus), clono d'apertura catodica (cathodal opening clonus), clono alla chiusura del catodo (cathodal closure clonus), LA clonus uteri (clonus of the uterus, clonus uteri). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onusclay espasmo clônico. (various references) клонус. (various references) klonus. (various references) clonus patelar (patellar clonus), clonus del pie (foot clonus), clonus del cierre del cátodo (cathodal closure clonus), clonus de apertura catódica (cathodal opening clonus), clono uterino (clonus of the uterus, clonus uteri), clono del pie (foot clonus), clono de la muñeca (wrist clonus), clono de la cadera (hip clonus), tetanización uterina (clonus of the uterus, clonus uteri), signo del péndulo de Bloch (Bloch sign, foot clonus). (various references) klon (clone). (various references) klonüs, çırpınma (convulsion, convulsive, flutter, spasm, struggle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "clonus": clonuses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "clonus": myoclonus. (additional references) | |
Words containing "clonus": myoclonuses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "clonus" (pronounced 'Clo"nus'): Agnus, Alumnus, Anthrenus, Anus, Bonus, Cincinnus, Conus, Cothurnus, Cygnus, Echinus, genus, Janus, Marbrinus, Onus, Pandanus, Pannus, Pignus, Pinus, subgenus, Tabanus, tonus, Turnus, Uncinus, Varanus, Venus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: consul. | |
| Words within the letters "c-l-n-o-s-u" | |
-1 letter: clons, conus, locus, uncos. | |
-2 letters: clon, cols, cons, nous, onus, soul, unco. | |
-3 letters: col, con, cos, nos, nus, ons, sol, son, sou, sun, uns. | |
-4 letters: lo, no, nu, on, os, so, un, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-l-n-o-s-u" | |
+1 letter: colonus, columns, consuls, consult, counsel, unclogs, unclose, uncoils, unlocks. | |
+2 letters: clonuses, consular, consults, convulse, councils, counsels, courlans, cousinly, cullions, flounces, gunlocks, lacunose, linocuts, locknuts, noctules, nucleons, osculant, scornful, scullion, sulfonic, sunblock, unblocks, uncloaks, unclosed, uncloses, unclouds, unsocial. | |
+3 letters: calutrons, cauldrons, clangours, closuring, cocounsel, collusion, columnist, concludes, confluxes, consulate, consulted, consulter, consultor, convulsed, convulses, counseled, counselee, counselor, countless, couplings, diclinous, enclosure, eulachons, exclusion, glucagons, inclosure, inclusion, inoculums, larcenous, lichenous, locutions, luncheons, molluscan, myoclonus, nocuously, noncasual, noncausal, nucleoids, nucleoles, nucleolus, occlusion, opulences, proconsul, reclusion, scoundrel, scullions, seclusion, slouching, subcolony, suctional, sunblocks, unclosing, unclothes, uncouples, univocals. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6C 6F 6E 75 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .-.. --- -. ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101100 01101111 01101110 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C l o n u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006C 006F 006E 0075 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)377881808785 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | български, български език, българин, bulgarer, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | датски език, датски, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, dinamarquês, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, holandês, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | френски език, френски, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, tysker, Duitse, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, ungarer, Hongaarse, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, russer, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | испански език, испански, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | шведски, шведски език, швед, Zweeds, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | турски език, турски, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | английски език, английски, англичаните, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
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