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convulsion(dictionary)
convulsion(medicine)
Convulsion(health)
tonic convulsion(medicine)
tetanic convulsion(medicine)
mimic convulsion(medicine)
infantile convulsion(medicine)
immediate posttraumatic convulsion(medicine)
hysterical convulsion(medicine)

convulsion (iou)



convulsion noun. M16.
[French, or Latin convulsio(n-), formed as CONVULSE: see -ION.]
Medicine. Orig., cramp; spasms. Now, a violent involuntary contraction of the muscles producing contortion of the body or limbs. Freq. in pl. M16.
J. C. Powys A person..shaken by the convulsions of some terrible fit.
The action of wrenching; the condition of being wrenched. L16-E19.
Milton Those two massy pillars With horrible convulsion to and fro He tugged, he shook.
Violent agitation or upheaval; social or political disturbance; violent natural disturbance, esp. produced by an earthquake etc. Usu. in pl. M17.
Disraeli Her voice was choked with the convulsions of her passion. W. S. Churchill The awful convulsions which would..shiver into fragments the structures of the nineteenth century. E. F. Benson The most terrific convulsion of Nature.
In pl. A violent fit of laughter. M18.
convulsional adjective (rare) of, pertaining to, or of the nature of convulsion(s) M19.
convulsionist noun (Hist.) (a) = CONVULSIONARY noun; (b) = CATASTROPHIST noun: E19.