PERCUSSION MYOTONIAS
\pəkˈʌʃən mˌa͡ɪətˈə͡ʊni͡əz], \pəkˈʌʃən mˌaɪətˈəʊniəz], \p_ə_k_ˈʌ_ʃ_ə_n m_ˌaɪ_ə_t_ˈəʊ_n_iə_z]\
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Prolonged failure of muscle relaxation after contraction. This may occur after voluntary contractions, muscle percussion, or electrical stimulation of the muscle. Myotonia is a characteristic feature of MYOTONIC DISORDERS.
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- An English physician poet; born in Wiltshire about 1650; died 1729. Besides medical works, Scripture paraphrases, satirical verse, he wrote Popian couplets "Prince Arthur, a Heroic Poem"(1695), and voluminous religious epic, "The Creation"(1712), very successful much praised then, but not now read.