The Collaborative International Dictionary
Subsultus
Subsultus \Sub*sul"tus\, n. [NL. See Subsultory.] (Med.) A starting, twitching, or convulsive motion.
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subsultus
n. (context medicine English) A starting, twitching, or convulsive motion.
Usage examples of "subsultus".
The third stadium: pulse, though soft, becomes exceedingly small and unequal: the heat about the praecordia increases much, respiration becomes difficult with frequent sighs: the patient grows yet more anxious, and extremely restless: sweat flows from the face, neck and breast: deglutination becomes difficult, subsultus tendinum comes on, the patient picks the nap of his bedclothes.