myotonia
myotonia (my-oh-toh-niă) n. a disorder of the muscle fibres that results in abnormally prolonged contractions. It is a feature of a hereditary condition starting in infancy or early childhood (m. congenita) and of a form of muscular dystrophy (dystrophia myotonica).
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