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
"She went into a full-on convulsion," Ms Andrews said.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2023
In the middle of this convulsion, Ms. de Bonafini’s life was turned upside down.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2022
A convulsion has shaken America and many other Western democracies over the past few years.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2022
Around us, men slept upon the ground, or with subtle convulsion, approached the small fires.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Precocious, he would simulate convulsions in class so he would get out of school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
Novo is in convulsions amid a dramatic selloff that started in the middle of last year, the company has recently shed its CEO and all of the independent directors on its board.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2025
A more severe and concerning case can cause neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, vision loss, numbness, or paralysis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025
There's this much reported case of a woman who suffered from convulsions after taking a medicine for diabetes which had a similar sounding name to an analgesic she had been prescribed.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025
Ebola destroys the brain more thoroughly than does Marburg, and Ebola victims often go into epileptic convulsions during the final stage.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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