dystonia
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English
Etymology
From New Latin dystonia, from German Dystonie.
Pronunciation
Noun
dystonia (countable and uncountable, plural dystonias)
- (pathology) A disabling neurological disorder in which prolonged and repetitive contractions of muscles cause jerking, twisting movements and abnormal postures of the body.
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Translations
neurological disorder
References
- “dystonia”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English dystonia), ultimately from New Latin dystonia.
Pronunciation
Noun
dystonia
Declension
| Inflection of dystonia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dystonia | dystoniat | |
| genitive | dystonian | dystonioiden dystonioitten | |
| partitive | dystoniaa | dystonioita | |
| illative | dystoniaan | dystonioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | dystonia | dystoniat | |
| accusative | nom. | dystonia | dystoniat |
| gen. | dystonian | ||
| genitive | dystonian | dystonioiden dystonioitten dystoniain rare | |
| partitive | dystoniaa | dystonioita | |
| inessive | dystoniassa | dystonioissa | |
| elative | dystoniasta | dystonioista | |
| illative | dystoniaan | dystonioihin | |
| adessive | dystonialla | dystonioilla | |
| ablative | dystonialta | dystonioilta | |
| allative | dystonialle | dystonioille | |
| essive | dystoniana | dystonioina | |
| translative | dystoniaksi | dystonioiksi | |
| abessive | dystoniatta | dystonioitta | |
| instructive | — | dystonioin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “dystonia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02