myotonia congenita

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   a mild, rare, congenital form of myotonia characterized by muscle stiffness

   SynonymsThomsen's disease

   Broadermyotonia

Questions about myotonia congenita

What does myotonia congenita mean?

myotonia congenita means "a mild, rare, congenital form of myotonia characterized by muscle stiffness".

What is another word for myotonia congenita?

Close synonyms include Thomsen's disease. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is myotonia congenita a common word?

myotonia congenita is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.