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dystonia, n. Med.|dɪˈstəʊnɪə|
[mod.L., ad. G. Dystonie (H. Oppenheim 1911, in Neurol. Centralbl. XXX. 1107), f. as dys- + Gr. τόν-ος tone n.: see -ia1.]
1. A state of disordered tonicity, esp. of muscle tissue; spec. = dystonia musculorum deformans below.
1916Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 11 Nov. 1437/1 The paradoxical phenomenon of dystonia, when present, I believe to be a pathognomonic symptom of this disease and an important differential sign. 1962Lancet 27 Jan. 221/2 A story of her having taken white sugar-coated tablets then supported a presumptive diagnosis of drug-induced dystonia. 1973Nature 22 June 483/3 A side-effect of levodopa treatment is the production of abnormal movements reminiscent of those seen in diseases characterized by chorea and torsion dystonia. 1975Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 3 Jan. 16/1 Patrick was 10 when symptoms of dystonia first appeared and doctors told his parents the rare muscular disease was incurable. 1990Daily Tel. 2 Oct. 17/3 An effective treatment would benefit sufferers with localised dystonia such as Ann..who has unpredictable eyelid spasms which ‘jam’ her eyes shut for about 30 seconds.
2. dystonia musculorum deformans, a rare hereditary neurological disease which causes (usu. generalized) spasm and contortion of muscles and usu. develops during childhood; torsion spasm.
1912Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. XXXIX. 361 Oppenheim attempts to separate..a nosologic variety under the name: ‘Dysbasia Lordotica Progressiva—Dystonia Musculorum Deformans’. 1931Nomencl. Diseases (R. Coll. Physicians) (ed. 6) 8/1 Torsion-spasm (Dystonia musculorum deformans). 1983Oxf. Textbk. Med. II. xxi. 117/1 Torsion dystonia may affect the whole body (generalized dystonia or dystonia musculorum deformans).
Hence dyˈstonic a., of, characteristic of, or suffering from dystonia.
1917Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. XLV. 349 A dystonic spasm involving the tongue. 1931Q. Cumulative Index Medicus VIII. 841/2 (heading) Facial zona and dystonic syndrome in hidden tumors of pituitary gland. 1973Sci. Amer. Dec. 135/3 Dr. Cooper has by now operated on close to 400 dystonic children. 1983Oxf. Textbk. Med. II. xxi. 118 A minority of patients may go on to develop dystonia elsewhere, usually in the form of a dystonic arm. |