Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

myotonia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: my-oto-nia
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A symptom of several muscular disorders characterized by the slow relaxation of the muscles after voluntary contraction or electrical stimulation.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From New Latin myotonia, from myo- + -tonia. By surface analysis, myo- + -tonia.

Word Breakdown

Root: myotonia

Usage

Inflected Forms

myotonias (plural)

Derived Forms

acromyotonia amyotonia myotonic neuromyotonia paramyotonia pseudomyotonia

Phrases

myotonia acquisita myotonia atrophica myotonia congenita myotonia dystrophica

Questions

What does myotonia mean?: A symptom of several muscular disorders characterized by the slow relaxation of the muscles after voluntary contraction or electrical stimulation.
Where does myotonia come from?: From New Latin myotonia, from myo- + -tonia. By surface analysis, myo- + -tonia.

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