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Aeolian
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to Aeolus, the mythic god of the winds; pertaining to, or produced by, the wind; aerial.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, convulsion, convulsive.
Agonistical
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, convulsion, convulsive.
Anglican
adjective · 78% connection
English; of or pertaining to England or the English nation; especially, pertaining to, or connected with, the established church of En…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, convulsion, convulsive.
Bulbar
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to bulb; especially, in medicine, pertaining to the bulb of the spinal cord, or medulla oblongata; as, bulbar paralys…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, convulsion, convulsive.
Chill
noun · 78% connection
A sensation of cold with convulsive shaking of the body, pinched face, pale skin, and blue lips, caused by undue cooling of the body o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, convulsion, convulsive.
Chorea
noun · 78% connection
St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, convulsion, convulsive.
Choreic
adjective · 78% connection
Of the nature of, or pertaining to, chorea; convulsive.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, convulsion, convulsive.
Classical
noun · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, esp. to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their bes…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, convulsion, convulsive.
Clonic
adjective · 78% connection
Having an irregular, convulsive motion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, convulsion, convulsive.
Convulsively
adverb · 78% connection
in a convulsive manner.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, convulsion, convulsive.
Crispation
noun · 78% connection
A very slight convulsive or spasmodic contraction of certain muscles, external or internal.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, convulsion, convulsive.
Curule
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to a kind of chair appropriated to Roman magistrates and dignitaries; pertaining to, having, or conferring, the right…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, convulsion, convulsive.
Cystic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or contained in, a cyst; esp., pertaining to, or contained in, either the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, convulsion, convulsive.
Epilepsy
noun · 78% connection
The "falling sickness," so called because the patient falls suddenly to the ground; a disease characterized by paroxysms (or fits) occ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, convulsion, convulsive.
Equatorial
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to the equator; as, equatorial climates; also, pertaining to an equatorial instrument.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, convulsion, convulsive.
Fit
noun · 78% connection
A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousn…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, convulsion, convulsive.
Formic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, ants; as, formic acid; in an extended sense, pertaining to, or derived from, formic acid; as, formic e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, convulsion, convulsive.
Fulmiaic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to fulmination; detonating; specifically (Chem.), pertaining to, derived from, or denoting, an acid, so called; as, fulmini…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, convulsion, convulsive.
