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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A symptom of several muscular disorders characterized by the slow relaxation of the muscles after voluntary contraction or electrical stimulation. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   abnormally long muscular contractions; slow relaxation of a muscle after a contraction wordnet

Etymology

From New Latin myotonia, from myo- + -tonia. By surface analysis, myo- + -tonia.

Related phrases

myotonia acquisitamyotonia atrophicamyotonia congenitamyotonia dystrophica

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