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• Dystonia

  [dis-toh-nee-uh] /dɪsˈtoʊ ni ə/ noun, Pathology. 1. abnormal tone of any tissue. /dɪsˈtəʊnɪə/ noun 1. a neurological disorder, caused by disease of the basal ganglia, in which the muscles of the trunk, shoulders, and neck go into spasm, so that the head and limbs are held in unnatural positions dystonia dys·to·ni·a (dĭs-tō’nē-ə) n. Abnormal tonicity […]

• Dystonia musculorum deformans

  dystonia musculorum deformans dystonia mus·cu·lo·rum de·for·mans (mŭs’kyə-lôr’əm dē-fôr’mənz) n. A disease, especially of children, characterized by muscular contractions that produce distortions of the spine and hips with the muscles being spastic when in action and without tension when at rest.

• Dystonic

  [dis-toh-nee-uh] /dɪsˈtoʊ ni ə/ noun, Pathology. 1. abnormal tone of any tissue. /dɪsˈtəʊnɪə/ noun 1. a neurological disorder, caused by disease of the basal ganglia, in which the muscles of the trunk, shoulders, and neck go into spasm, so that the head and limbs are held in unnatural positions dystonia dys·to·ni·a (dĭs-tō’nē-ə) n. Abnormal tonicity […]

• Dystonic reaction

  dystonic reaction n. A state of abnormal tension or muscle tone, similar to dystonia, produced as a side effect of certain antipsychotic medications.

• Dystopian

  [dis-toh-pee-uh] /dɪsˈtoʊ pi ə/ noun 1. a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding. /dɪsˈtəʊpɪə/ noun 1. an imaginary place where everything is as bad as it can be n. “imaginary bad place,” 1868, apparently coined by J.S. Mill (“Hansard Commons”), from Greek dys- “bad, abnormal, difficult” (see dys-) + utopia. […]

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