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paramyotonias

paramyotonias is the plural of paramyotonia.

Meaning of paramyotonia

Noun

paramyotonia (countable and uncountable, plural paramyotonias)

  1. A form of myotonia that worsens with exercise.
    • Recent work has, however, clearly shown that in paramyotonia the attacks of muscular weakness are very closely related to the episodes of paralysis which occur in patients with familial periodic paralysis, but in fact in most families with paramyotonia the attacks have been associated with a rise...1961 August, John N. Walton, “The Prognosis and Management of Some Muscular Diseases”, in A. C. Boyle, S. Mattingly, editors, Annals of Physical Medicine […], volume VI, number 3, London: Baillière...

Questions about paramyotonias

What is paramyotonias the plural of?
Paramyotonias is the plural of paramyotonia.

Words near paramyotonias in the dictionary

  1. paramylum
  2. paramyoclonus
  3. paramyosin
  4. paramyosins
  5. paramyotonia
  6. paramyotonias
  7. paramyovirus
  8. Paramythia
  9. paramythiid
  10. paramythiids
  11. paramyxoviral

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