myoclonus
/ˌmaɪoʊˈkloʊnəs/noun
myoclonus is a noun meaning “The brief, involuntary twitching of a muscle or group of muscles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-Y-O-C-L-O-N-U-S, and it appears about once in every 21 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of myoclonus is myocloni or myoclonuses.
What does myoclonus mean?
noun
- 1
The brief, involuntary twitching of a muscle or group of muscles.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce myoclonus?
- /ˌmaɪoʊˈkloʊnəs/
- /maɪˈɒklənəs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of myoclonus
- myocloni plural
- myoclonuses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is myoclonus?
Myoclonus appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th 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).
Where does myoclonus come from?
From myo- + clonus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).