figure-of-4

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An asymmetric tonic limb posture in which one arm is flexed and the other is extended, occuring in the early tonic phase of a focal or secondarily generalized seizure.

Word forms

figure-of-4 figure-of-four

Etymology

Since it often resembles the shape of the number 4.

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