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myotonia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | tone, tonicity, tonus |
| Has types | acromyotonia, myotonia congenita, thomsen's disease |
| Derivation | myotonic |
Examples of myotonia
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Consequently, myotonia significantly interferes with a person's ability to work and function.
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Myotonic dystrophy is characterized by improper muscle activity, or myotonia, and muscle wasting.
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To see a problem like myotonia disappear after it has been present for a long time is certainly a hopeful sign.
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Examples of atrophying muscle diseases include muscular dystrophy, myotonia congenita, and myotonic dystrophy.
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The team found that mexiletine at three daily doses of either 150 or 200 milligrams per dose does a great deal to alleviate myotonia.
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Mexiletine acts to help the muscle compensate for the ion channel abnormality that is at the core of the myotonia in this disease.
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Myotonia is also one of the earliest signs of myotonic dystrophy and is the symptom by which physicians typically recognize the disease.
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Thornton's group then used experimental compounds to break up abnormal cellular deposits of toxic RNA in the nuclei of cells, eliminating myotonia in mice with myotonic dystrophy.
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Missplicing of BIN1 results in the expression of a defective BIN1 isoform such that this membrane structure and excitation-contraction coupling is defective, likely explaining the myotonia.
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- Abnormally long muscular contractions; slow relaxation of a muscle after a contraction
- (myotonic) of or relating to or caused by myotonia
- 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. ...
- The inability of contracted muscles to relax on command; or, a special kind of muscle stiffness
- Myotonia is increased muscular irritability with decreased power of relaxation; spasm of the muscle.
- The inability to normally relax a muscle after contracting or tightening it.
- In the sexual response cycle, muscular tension in the body, which culminates in contractions during orgasm
- Frequent spasms of the muscles.
- Increased muscle tension.
