Definition of Dystonic

1. Adjective. (chemistry) Describing the isothermal isobaric reversible dissolution of a system of three or more components to form a saturated solution; typically describes the dissolution of a mixed salt in its own water of crystallization ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dystonic

1. dystonia [adj] - See also: dystonia

Medical Definition of Dystonic

1. Pertaining to dystonia. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dystonic

dystheism
dysthymia
dysthymias
dysthymic
dysthymic depression
dysthymic disorder
dysthymics
dysthyroidal infantilism
dystocia
dystocias
dystome
dystonia
dystonia lenticularis
dystonia musculorum deformans
dystonias
dystonic (current term)
dystonic reaction
dystonic torticollis
dystopia
dystopian
dystopias
dystopic
dystopically
dystrobrevin
dystrobrevins
dystroglycan
dystrophia
dystrophia myotonica

Literary usage of Dystonic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"The symptom complex is then described as dystonic or tension athetosis (fig. ... Characteristic dystonic postures are often elicited during certain motor ..."

2. Neurological Bulletin by Frederick Tilney, Columbia University, Dept. of Neurology (1921)
"The pelvis, in a rather mild degree, shares in the dystonic phenomena. /Ipra.via.—The performance of purposeful movements is somewhat interfered with in ..."

3. Individual Differences in the Behavioral Etiology of Drug Abuse edited by Harold W. Gordon, Meyer D. Glantz (1997)
"... that are associated with pleasure and gratification and compulsive-style disorders that are associated with an anxiety and sort of ego-dystonic feature. ..."

4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1920)
"the extreme type of the disease with all its attendant dystonic phenomena. The Case.—The patient is a female, age seventeen, born in this country of Jewish, ..."

5. The Sex Offender: Current Treatment Modalities and Systems Issuesby Barbara K Schwartz by Barbara K Schwartz (2002)
"Minimally, the former condition implies that the behavior is ego dystonic. This would dramatically differentiate these two groups and it is a basic tenet of ..."

6. Treatment for Stimulant Use Disorders edited by Richard A. Rawson, Rose M. Urban (2000)
"Neurotoxicity at an early age may predispose stimulant users to premature onset of movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease and other dystonic or ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Dystonic on Dictionary.com!Search for Dystonic on Thesaurus.com!Search for Dystonic on Google!Search for Dystonic on Wikipedia!

Search