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Ankle Clonus

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Ankle Clonus. The condition of rapidly repeated flexion and extension of the foot at the ankle joint, which can be produced in certain forms of disease by a sudden flexion of the foot on the leg. It is not present in health, and its existence may be taken to indicate disease in the spinal cord.

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