myotonia

English

Noun

myotonia (countable and uncountable, plural myotonias)

1. A symptom of several muscular disorders characterized by the slow relaxation of the muscles after voluntary contraction or electrical stimulation.

Derived terms

• acromyotonia
• amyotonia
• myotonia acquisita
• myotonia atrophica
• myotonia congenita
• myotonia dystrophica
• myotonic
• neuromyotonia
• paramyotonia
• pseudomyotonia