Medical Definition of Amyotonia congenita

1. Atonic pseudoparalysis of congenital origin (neither familial nor hereditary), observed especially in infants and characterised by absences of muscular tone only in muscles innervated by the spinal nerves. Synonym: congenital atonic pseudoparalysis, myatonia congenita, Oppenheim's disease, Oppenheim's syndrome. An indefinite term for a number of congenital neuromuscular disorders that cause generalised myotonia in young children, and that have a benign course (static or regressive). (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amyotonia Congenita

amyl nitrate
amyl nitrite
amyl valerate
amyocardia
amyoesthesia
amyoplasia
amyoplasia congenita
amyostasia
amyostatic
amyosthenia
amyosthenic
amyotaxy
amyotonia
amyotonia
amyotonias
amyotonia congenita (current term)
amyotrophia
amyotrophia
amyotrophic
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
amyotrophy
amyotrophy
amyotropic lateral sclerosis
amyous
amytal
Amytal
amytals
amyxia
amyxorrhoea

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