Look up: myotonia

1. myotonia
   [n] - abnormally long muscular contractions
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2. Myotonia
   Problems relaxing muscles after contraction
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3. Myotonia
   inability to relax muscles voluntarily
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4. myotonia
   Increased muscular irritability and contractility with decreased power of relaxation; toxic spasm of muscle. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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5. myotonia
   noun abnormally long muscular contractions; slow relaxation of a muscle after a contraction
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6. myotonia
   (mi″o-to´ne-ә) dystonia involving increased muscular irritability and contractility with decreased power of relaxation; see also physiological tetanus. adj., myoton´ic., adj. myotonia atrophica myotonic dystrophy. myotonia congenita a h...
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7. myotonia
   muscular disorder characterized by difficulty in relaxing voluntary muscles after contraction. All the muscles or only a few may be affected. The ... [1 related articles]
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8. myotonia
   myotonia Persistent contraction of skeletal muscle after the cessation of voluntary effort or electrical or mechanical stimulation; (chiefly with distinguishing word) any of several disorders characterized by this.
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9. myotonia
   Type: Term Pronunciation: mī′ō-tō′nē-ă Definitions: 1. Delayed relaxation of a muscle after a strong contraction, or prolonged contraction after mechanical stimulation (as by percussion) or brief electrical stimulation; due to abnormality of the muscle membrane, specifically the ion channels.
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10. Myotonia
    | ICD9 = | ICDO = | OMIM = | MedlinePlus = | eMedicineSubj = | eMedicineTopic = | MeshID = D009222 --> `Myotonia` is a symptom of a small handful of certain neuromuscular disorders characterized by the slow relaxation of the muscles after voluntary contraction or electrical stimulation. Generally, r...
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