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adjective
- 1. producing or consisting of convulsions: "a convulsive disease"
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CONVULSIVE definition: 1. Convulsive movements are movements of the muscles in your body that you cannot control: 2…. Learn more.
The meaning of CONVULSIVE is constituting or producing a convulsion. How to use convulsive in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Convulsive.
Sometimes our bodies move in ways we can't control — like a convulsion, which is a quick, jerky muscular contraction. These contractions are also described as spastic and spasmodic. Movements that are like convulsions can be called convulsive. When you throw up, your body makes convulsive movements.
Convulsive definition: of the nature of or characterized by convulsions or spasms.. See examples of CONVULSIVE used in a sentence.
1. of the nature of or characterized by convulsions or spasms. 2. producing or accompanied by convulsion. convulsive rage.
Definition of convulsive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define convulsive. convulsive synonyms, convulsive pronunciation, convulsive translation, English dictionary definition of convulsive. adj. 1. Marked by or having the nature of convulsions. 2. Having or producing convulsions. con·vul′sive·ly adv. con·vul′sive·ness n. American Heritage®...
CONVULSIVE meaning: 1. Convulsive movements are movements of the muscles in your body that you cannot control: 2…. Learn more.
convulsive. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English con‧vul‧sive /kənˈvʌlsɪv/ adjective [ usually before noun] a convulsive movement or action is sudden, violent, and impossible to control a convulsive sob —convulsively adverb Con’s body jerked convulsively.
to shake or agitate violently; especially : to shake with or as if with irregular spasms; to become affected with convulsions… See the full definition
