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figure-of-4

figure-of-4 noun: 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.

Noun

figure-of-4

  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.

Forms of figure-of-4

alternative formfigure-of-four

Origin of figure-of-4

Since it often resembles the shape of the number 4.

Questions about figure-of-4

What does figure-of-4 mean?
Figure-of-4 means 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.
What part of speech is figure-of-4?
Figure-of-4 is a noun.

Words near figure-of-4 in the dictionary

  1. figure-eighting
  2. figure-eights
  3. figure-head
  4. figure-heads
  5. figure-hugging
  6. figure-of-4
  7. figure-of-eight
  8. figure-of-eights
  9. figure-of-four
  10. figure-outable
  11. figured

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