From my perspective, tonic is referring to the body stiffening ~ head to toe. Every muscle clenched throughout.
For instance: tonic-clonic seizures (aka "grand mal") begins w/complete stiffening throughout the body. When the clonic phase begins, that is the entire body jerking at different speed and intensity.
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