Dystonia (redirected from Dystonic disorders)

dystonia /dys·to·nia/ (-to´ne-ah) dyskinetic movements due to disordered tonicity of muscle.dyston´ic

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dystonia musculo´rum defor´mans  a hereditary disorder marked by involuntary, irregular, clonic contortions of the muscles of the trunk and limbs, which twist the body forward and sideways grotesquely.

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dys·to·ni·a (ds-tn-)

n.

Abnormal tonicity of tissue.

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dys·tonic (-tnk) adj.

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Dystonia

A movement disorder characterized by sustained muscle contractions that result in writhing or twisting movements and unsual body postures.

Mentioned in: Huntington Disease, Schizophrenia

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dystonia (distō´nē),

n a disorder or lack of tonicity.

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dystonia

abnormality of muscular tonus.