dystonia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A disabling neurological disorder in which prolonged and repetitive contractions of muscles cause jerking, twisting movements and abnormal postures of the body.

/dɪˈstəʊnɪə/

dystonia dystonias

Borrowed from New Latin dystonia, from German Dystonie. By surface analysis, dys- + -tonia.

neurodystonia

dystonic

hemidystonia myodystonia

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