亚洲网紅露点

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myotonia

[ mahy-uh-toh-nee-uh ]

noun

Pathology.
  1. tonic muscle spasm or muscular rigidity.


myotonia

/ 藢ma瑟蓹藞t蓲n瑟k; 藢ma瑟蓹藞t蓹蕣n瑟蓹 /

noun

  1. lack of muscle tone, frequently including muscle spasm or rigidity Also calledamyotonia
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • myotonic, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 尘测路辞路迟辞苍路颈肠 [mahy-, uh, -, ton, -ik], adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of myotonia1

First recorded in 1895鈥1900; myo- + -tonia
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Example Sentences

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These mice exhibited severe myotonia, muscle weakness, impaired mobility, respiratory defects, and a marked reduction in lifespan.

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Myotonic goats, a common domestic goat in the U.S., have a genetic condition called myotonia congenital that causes their muscles to stiffen when they鈥檙e frightened.

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Examples include uses of the drug mexiletine to treat the rare muscle disease non-dystrophic myotonia, and experimental treatments for the Ebola virus.

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He had been labeled with a number of interesting diagnoses, such as chorea, epilepsy, myotonia, hysteria, and neurasthenia.

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