myotonia

English Thesaurus

1. abnormally long muscular contractions; slow relaxation of a muscle after a contraction (noun.state)

hypernym	:	tone, tonicity, tonus,
definition	:	the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli (noun.state)

hyponym	:	acromyotonia,
definition	:	myotonia of the extremities only; causes spastic deformity of the hand or foot (noun.state)

hyponym	:	myotonia congenita, thomsen's disease,
definition	:	a mild, rare, congenital form of myotonia characterized by muscle stiffness (noun.state)

derivation	:	myotonic,
definition	:	of or relating to or caused by myotonia (adj.pert)

derivation	:	myotonic,
definition	:	of or relating to or caused by myotonia (adj.pert)