In infants, a drop of the head on the chest due to loss of tone in the neck muscles as in epilepsia nutans, or to tonic spasm of anterior neck muscles as in West's syndrome, in adults, a nodding of the head from clonic spasm's of the sternomastoid muscles. ... Synonym: salaam attack, salaam spasm, spasmus nutans. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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clonic spasm of the sternomastoid muscles, causing a nodding motion of the head.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. in infants, a drop of the head on the chest due to loss of tone in the posterior neck muscles as in epilepsia nutans, or to tonic spasm of anterior neck muscles as in West syndrome; 2. in adults, a nodding of the head from clonic spasms of the sternomastoid muscles. Synonyms: salaam attack, salaam spasm, spasmus nutans1 ....
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