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salaam convulsions (medicine) and slant(1) (iou)


salaam convulsions (medicine)


salaam convulsions -->
infantile spasm
Brief (1 to 3 seconds) muscular spasm's in infants with West's syndrome, which often appear as nodding or salaam spasm's.

Synonym: salaam convulsions.


slant(1) (iou)



slant adverb & adjective. [slɑ:nt] L15.
[Aphet. from ASLANT.]
A. adverb. In a slanting, sloping, or oblique manner or direction; aslant. L15.
b. adjective.
Of wind etc.: coming from the side; moving obliquely. E17.
Having an oblique position or direction; inclined from the perpendicular or horizontal. L18.
b. Of direction: oblique. L18.
Special collocations & comb.: slant-eyed adjective having slanting eyes. slant-eye(s) slang (derog. & racially offensive) a slant-eyed (spec. oriental) person. slant height the height of a cone from the vertex to the periphery of the base. slant-line = SLANT noun1 1e.
slantly adverb slantingly, obliquely E18.
slanty adjective slanting E20.