stiff-person syndrome
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English
33
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "A further addition to the puzzle comes from the woman’s autopsy report. It showed definite abnormalities in muscles. Thus, “stiff-person syndrome” had a physical or organic base in her which means a hysterial^([sic]) mental state is not necessarily the most likely explanation."
- "The 39-year-old single mother of three was recently diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome, a painful and incurable progressive neurological disorder that causes stiffness and spasms of voluntary muscles."
- "When the disorder, stiff-person syndrome, eventually left her using a wheelchair, [Jacqui] Kapinowski began doing wheelchair competitions."