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convulsive |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Convulsive \Con*vul"sive\, a. [Cf. F. convulsif.] Producing, or attended with convulsions or spasms; characterized by convulsions; convulsionary. An irregular, convulsive movement may be necessary to throw off an irregular, convulsive disease. --Burke. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: convulsive adj 1: affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; "convulsive motions"; "his body made a spasmodic jerk"; "spastic movements" [syn: {spasmodic}, {spastic}] 2: resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent; "a convulsive rage"; "convulsive laughter"
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