noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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go
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He died at a friend's flat in Rock Ferry after going into convulsions and frothing at the mouth.
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The shock had been too great, though, and its heart went into convulsions .
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At five minutes to four, Grégoire went into convulsions .
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As I was putting the thermometer back in its case the calf suddenly toppled over and went into a frothing convulsion .
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His Adam's apple went into convulsions every time he swallowed and his lips were unusually full.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Andrew died after taking the drug, which had caused him to go into convulsions.
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Half the country is starving, and that is a recipe for massive political convulsions.
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Pure wintergreen oil can cause convulsions if it is eaten.
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The baby was sweating and crying. She started to have convulsions again.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He then had a number of convulsions, and it was a very worrying time for us all.
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Neonatal convulsion is an uncommon problem but one that is potentially serious.
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Potential lethal cardiac arrhythmias and convulsions are recognised complications of both iatrogenic and self inflicted overdoses.
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The idea was tested by using drugs which produced convulsions.
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The only treatment is symptomatic and supportive therapy and using sedatives to control convulsions.
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There are signs of impaired consciousness or confusion and even convulsions.
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We never discovered the reason for that convulsion , and he never had another.
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What larks and japes persuaded this audience to collapse in convulsions is a mystery as dark as the Druids' Runes.