Usually means: Involuntary, rapid muscle contractions, seizures.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. convulsions: Merriam-Webster
  2. convulsions: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. convulsions: Collins English Dictionary
  4. convulsions: Vocabulary.com
  5. Convulsions, convulsions: Wordnik
  6. convulsions: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. convulsions: Wiktionary
  8. convulsions: Dictionary.com
  9. convulsions: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Convulsions: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Convulsions: Legal dictionary

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  1. Convulsions: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. convulsions: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Convulsions: Merck Manuals
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  5. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  6. Convulsions: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Convulsions: Medical dictionary
  8. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)

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  1. convulsions: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See convulsion as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (convulsion)

noun:  (medicine) An intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular contraction.
noun:  An uncontrolled fit, as of laughter; a paroxysm.
noun:  Violent turmoil.
noun:  Hysteric in nature.
▸ Also see convulsion


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