convulsion

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The remaining two recordings were triggered by sound or motion, but only one suggested that a muscle convulsion, a sign of seizure, had occurred.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024

The country is almost certainly not on the brink of some new transformative convulsion.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2023

A convulsion has shaken America and many other Western democracies over the past few years.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2022

The two doctors claim "the typical observation on video are confirmed loss of consciousness, suspected loss of consciousness, convulsion, tonic posturing, balance disturbance/ataxia and clearly dazed".

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2022

And at the word alone, Will felt a great wave of rage and despair moving outward from a place deep within him, as if his mind were an ocean that some profound convulsion had disturbed.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman