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WRIST CLONUS

\ɹˈɪst klˈə͡ʊnəs], \ɹˈɪst klˈə‍ʊnəs], \ɹ_ˈɪ_s_t k_l_ˈəʊ_n_ə_s]\

Definitions of WRIST CLONUS

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A convulsive motion of the wrist joint. It may be induced in the late rigidity of hemiplegia by pressing the hand backward and securing extreme extension at the wrist. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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