spasmodic torticollisnoun [ U ]
uk/spæzˌmɒd.ɪk tɔː.tɪˈkɒl.ɪs/us/spæzˌmɑː.dɪk ˌtɔːr.t̬ɪˈkɑː.lɪs/specializeda rare condition where the head moves from side to side and up and down due to spasms (= muscles suddenly becoming tighter in an uncontrolled way)
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Disorders of muscles & the nervous system
- acoustic neuroma
- agnosia
- akinetic-rigid HD
- ALS
- Alzheimer's
- amyloid plaque
- atrophy
- catalepsy
- chronic fatigue syndrome
- Morton's metatarsalgia
- motor neuron disease
- Moyamoya disease
- multiple system atrophy
- muscular dystrophy
- myasthenia gravis
- persistent vegetative state
- rabid
- rabies
- vapour
- writer's cramp
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