dystonia
dystonia
Definition
dys·to·nia (dis tō′ne ə)
noun
a lack of normal muscle tone due to disease or infection of the nervous system
dys·tonic (-tän′ik) adjective
dystonia
Usage Examples
Possessives
- musician: This research could provide a new treatment for occupational and musician's dystonia.
Converse of object
- generalize: Cocktail therapy In some patients, mostly with severe generalized dystonia, a combination of drugs may be used.
- cause: Some drugs may not cause dystonia but may aggravate the pre-existing disorder.
- develop: In the UK about 40 per cent of people with the affected gene develop dystonia.
- have: The patients all had focal arm dystonia or writer's cramp.
- include: Common features include dystonia ( an abnormality in muscle tone ), muscular rigidity, and sudden involuntary muscle spasms ( spasticity ).
- cure: Although these cannot cure the dystonia they will improve the symptoms.
Adjective modifier
- oromandibular: It is a combination of blepharospasm and oromandibular dystonia.
- paroxysmal: Paroxysmal dystonia can be a challenging condition to live with.
- laryngeal: Some people with laryngeal dystonia can gain benefit from speech therapy.
- cervical: Motor circuit gray mater changes in idiopathic cervical dystonia.
- focal: The patients all had focal arm dystonia or writer's cramp.
- primary: Adult-onset primary dystonia This is a rare subtype of focal dystonia.
Modifies a noun
- factsheet: Download the Cervical dystonia factsheet ( PDF format ) What is cervical dystonia?
- patient: Dysphagia is a commonly reported adverse event following treatment of cervical dystonia patients.
Noun used with modifier
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