单词 | myoclonia |
释义 | myoclonian. Medicine. Originally: = myoclonus n. Later also: any of various disorders, esp. epileptic syndromes, characterized by myoclonus. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > series clonus1822 paramyoclonus1882 myoclonus1883 myoclonia1899 1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II. 183/2 Myoclonia congenita, paramyoclonus multiplex.] 1899 C. S. Féré in T. L. Stedman 20th Cent. Pract. X. 729 Paramyoclonus multiplex..has since been described by various other writers under the names of multiple myoclonus, myoclonia, etc. 1902 Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 29 416 Such considerations render it inadvisable to avoid using myotonia as well as myoclonia as generic terms, substituting, perhaps, the word myospasm, clonic and tonic. 1968 Brain 91 316 Although..myoclonus..may be produced by irritative lesions in the dentate nucleus, or brain stem, the anatomical and physiological substrate of any of the myoclonias is uncertain. 1991 Longevity Jan. 40/1 It improved brain control of motor movements in patients with an epilepsylike disorder called myoclonia. 2000 Neurol. Sci. 21 247 Eyelid myoclonia with absences is a rare epileptic syndrome, characterized by eyelid myoclonia, absences, and photosensitivity. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1899 |
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