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noun
A symptom of several muscular disorders characterized by the slow relaxation of the muscles after voluntary contraction or electrical stimulation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
abnormally long muscular contractions; slow relaxation of a muscle after a contraction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: tonicity, tonus, tone
Narrower terms: acromyotonia, myotonia congenita, Thomsen's disease
History
From New Latin myotonia, from myo- + -tonia. By surface analysis, myo- + -tonia.
