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clónico

clonic

adjective KLOH-nee-koh Rare

Origin: From Greek klonos (tumult, agitation).

Also means

clone-like

Usage Note

Clónico is primarily a medical term describing the rapid, repetitive muscle contractions of a espasmo clónico (clonic spasm), as opposed to a tonic one. Outside medicine it can describe something that is an exact copy or clone of something else, though clónico in that sense is rarer than the noun clon. Note the written accent on the first syllable, placing stress there rather than on the penultimate.

Examples

"El médico detectó un espasmo clónico."

Natural Translation

The doctor detected a clonic spasm.

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