clonus
/ˈkloʊnəs/noun
clonus is a noun meaning “A muscular spasm with regular contractions” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-L-O-N-U-S, and it appears about once in every 51 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of clonus is clonuses.
What does clonus mean?
noun
- 1
A muscular spasm with regular contractions.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce clonus?
- /ˈkloʊnəs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of clonus
- clonuses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is clonus?
Clonus appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Clonus in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense muscular spasm:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Klonus |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does clonus come from?
Borrowed from Latin clonus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κλόνος (klónos), meaning a "violent, confused motion."
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).