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myotonic

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myotonic.
See myotonia.
myotonic
pertaining to or emanating from myotonia.
myotonic dimple
a depression or furrow that forms from a sudden local contraction of muscle in response to percussion and persists for up to a minute. It occurs in myotonia and is used as a diagnostic test for the condition.
myotonic myopathy
see myotonia congenita.
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