saltatoricadj.
/saltəˈtɒrɪk/ Pathology.
saltatoric spasm n. a kind of nervous disease in which the patient when set on his feet begins to leap.
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synclonic1822
ergotic1875
saltatoric spasm1877
saltatory1881
neuroclonic1899
dystonic1917
Meige1972
1877 Gowers in Lancet 14 July 45/2 The saltatoric spasm persisted for nine months, and then gradually ceased.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 902 They are wanting in the regularity and precision of those of saltatoric spasm.
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