| NOUN | state | myotonia | abnormally long muscular contractions |
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| Meaning | abnormally long muscular contractions; slow relaxation of a muscle after a contraction. | |
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| Narrower | acromyotonia | myotonia of the extremities only |
| myotonia congenita, Thomsen's disease | A mild, rare, congenital form of myotonia characterized by muscle stiffness | |
| Broader | tonicity, tonus, tone | The elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli |
| Spanish | miotonia | |
| Catalan | miotonia | |
| Adjectives | myotonic | of or relating to or caused by myotonia |
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