clonic spasm.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Another type of seizure triggered by sound is called a clonic seizure, which happens for about 10 to 15 seconds during sleep.    From Wordnik.com.  [eHow - Health How To's] Reference

They are paid to influence our decisions. clonic Says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Payperpost… « The Paradigm Shift] Reference

The tonic-clonic state or grand mal lasted approximately 2 minutes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-10-01] Reference

Epilepsy: tonic-clonic ( "grand mal") and partial (focal) seizures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

However, the clonic nature of the spasm should prevent such an error.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference

The musculature of thighs showed a more or less constant clonic twitching.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies in Forensic Psychiatry] Reference

That was -- you know, (INAUDIBLE) seizure with what are called tonic-clonic movements.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 17, 2008] Reference

Without medications, I suffer from grand-mal seizures also known as tonic-clonic seizures.    From Wordnik.com.  [I need a President Obama for medical reasons...I may die if McCain is elected] Reference

Tonic/clonic involved shaking and stiffening of the arms and legs, a loss of consciousness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cruel Deception]

Central nervous system effects are also common and can vary from agitation to tonic-clonic seizures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Theophylline] Reference

Hospital attendants stand by to drag the children off, drooling, screaming, having clonic convulsions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gravity's Rainbow]

As the circulation to the brain decreased, she might have developed clonic movements'like a little seizure.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 5th Horseman]

Rapid rhythmic onset with decreasing frequency and increasing amplitude, slow and spike waves in clonic phase.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry] Reference

Phenytoin and fosphenytoin are used to control tonic-clonic grand mal and complex-partial seizures in epilepsy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Caution for Asians on epilepsy drug] Reference

Her muscles were rapidly constricting and relaxing causing the jerking associated with clonic-tonic or grand mal seizures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-10-01] Reference

"In your experience as a pediatric neurologist is there any relationship between apnea episodes and tonic/clonic seizures?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Cruel Deception]

At this stage of the reaction the patient noticed a certain sensation as of clonic tremor in the muscles of the extremities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Frederick G. Banting - Nobel Lecture] Reference

It can manifest as an alteration in mental state, tonic or clonic movements, convulsions, and various other psychic symptoms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mind The Gap « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference

Perls, Hefferline, Goodman, Gestalt Therapy, Dell Publishing, Delta Book, 1951 You gotta love "the clonic movements of sobbing.".    From Wordnik.com.  [From the Shambles] Reference

The witness further testified as to the difference between the apnea spells and the tonic/clonic seizures reported by the mother.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cruel Deception]

There were efforts at vomiting, and pallor succeeded cyanosis; there were also clonic contractions of the flexors of the forearm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891] Reference

In a moment he was in the throes of the clonic spasm, his whole frame jerking and thrashing, his robe flung up by his kicking legs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Funeral Games]

Grand mal (tonic-clonic) seizures were noted in 26%.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

In a few cases clonic spasms of the muscles of the neck may be present.    From Wordnik.com.  [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference

GABRG2 (c. 236AG: p. N40S) in a patient with generalized tonic-clonic seizures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

I had made this suggestion prior to having my tonic-clonic seizure in September.    From Wordnik.com.  [Patient Anonymous: Just Another Head Case] Reference

Patients with generalized tonic-clonic seizures currently taking immediate-release.    From Wordnik.com.  [RedOrbit News - Technology] Reference

Look buddy, you've obviously never had, nor have you ever witnessed, a tonic clonic seizure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pharyngula] Reference

Look buddy, you've obviously never had, nor have you ever witnessed, a tonic clonic seizure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pharyngula] Reference

Tonic-clonic (grand mal), myoclonic (sudden muscle jerks) and other seizure types can also occur.    From Wordnik.com.  [Emaxhealth] Reference

Patients experiencing a generalized tonic-clonic seizure usually lose consciousness and collapse.    From Wordnik.com.  [RedOrbit News - Technology] Reference

'After a tonic-clonic, I feel exhausted, ache all over from the muscle contractions and have a terrible migraine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

Spanish newspapers are too predictable, too clonic, too politically correct, too yesterday-news oriented, and too wordy.    From Wordnik.com.  [WHAT'S NEXT: INNOVATIONS IN NEWSPAPERS] Reference

Grande mal seizures are more accurately called tonic-clonic seizures, which describes the muscle action during the event.    From Wordnik.com.  [Baltiblogs] Reference

This is followed by muscle stiffening (the tonic phase) and then jerking involving both sides of the body (the clonic phase).    From Wordnik.com.  [RedOrbit News - Technology] Reference

Family and bystanders may report periods of staring into space or seizure activity (focal or tonic-clonic) as part of the episode.    From Wordnik.com.  [EMSResponder.com: Top EMS News] Reference

Hemifacial twitching is definitely more common than clonic motions in the contralateral arm; least common is clonic activity in the leg.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference