English

Adjective

myoclonic ‎(not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to myoclonus; consisting of or characterized by sudden jerking motions.
   • 1891, James Hendrie Lloyd, “Report of Two Cases of Rare Myoclonic Disorder”, paper to be read at the Seventh Annual Meeting of the American Neurological Association, 1891 September 22-24, listed in George F. Shrady (editor), Medical Record volume 40, William Wood & Company, number 1, 1891 July 4.
   • 2008, David R. Gambling, Obstetric Anesthesia and Uncommon Disorders, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521870828, page 3,

     Propofol has been implicated in epileptogenesis, with myoclonic activity and opisthotonos during clinical use, prompting a warning from the United Kingdom Committee on the safety of medicine.