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Myotonia vs Myoclonus - What's the difference?

myotonia | myoclonus |

As nouns the difference between myotonia and myoclonus

is that myotonia is a symptom of several muscular disorders characterized by the slow relaxation of the muscles after voluntary contraction or electrical stimulation while myoclonus is the brief, involuntary twitching of a muscle or group of muscles.

myotonia

English

Noun

(wikipedia myotonia) (en noun)
  • A symptom of several muscular disorders characterized by the slow relaxation of the muscles after voluntary contraction or electrical stimulation

    • myoclonus

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun) (wikipedia myoclonus)
  • (medicine) The brief, involuntary twitching of a muscle or group of muscles.

    • Hyponyms

    * hiccup * hypnic jerk

    Derived terms

    * myoclonia * myoclonic