Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kohnstamm's phenomenon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kohn-stam-m's phe-nomenon
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The sustained involuntary contraction of a muscle after a prolonged voluntary contraction.

Etymology

First described by German neurologist Oskar Kohnstamm in 1915.

Questions

What does kohnstamm's phenomenon mean?: The sustained involuntary contraction of a muscle after a prolonged voluntary contraction.
Where does kohnstamm's phenomenon come from?: First described by German neurologist Oskar Kohnstamm in 1915.

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