Thomsen's disease

Thomsen's disease
Thomsen's disease Thom"sen's dis*ease" [From Thomsen, a physician of Sleswick.] (Med.) An affection apparently congenital, consisting in tonic contraction and stiffness of the voluntary muscles occurring after a period of muscular inaction. [1913 Webster]

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  • Thomsen's disease — Thom·sen s disease tȯm sənz n MYOTONIA CONGENITA Thomsen Asmus Julius Thomas (1815 1896) Danish physician. In 1876 Thomsen gave the first full description of a congenital disease marked by tonic spasm of some of the muscles. He himself suffered… …   Medical dictionary

  • Thomsen's disease — noun a mild, rare, congenital form of myotonia characterized by muscle stiffness • Syn: ↑myotonia congenita • Hypernyms: ↑myotonia …   Useful english dictionary

  • Thomsen disease — Thomsen disease. См. болезнь Томсена. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

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  • Thomsen disease — Thom·sen disease (tomґsen) [Asmus Julius Thomas Thomsen, Danish physician, 1815–1896] the autosomal dominant form of myotonia congenita (q.v.) …   Medical dictionary

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