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idiomuscular
idiomuscular adj. 
/ˌɪdiəˈməskjələr/ [after German †idiomusculär (1855 or earlier; now idiomuskulär); compare French idiomusculaire (1878; after German)] Medicine designating or relating to localized contraction occurring in muscle, esp. injured skeletal muscle, which does not result from external stimulation.
Brit. /ˌɪdɪə(ʊ)ˈmʌskjᵿlə/
, /ˌɪdɪə(ʊ)ˈmʌskjᵿlə/U.S. /ˌɪdioʊˈməskjələr/
, /ˌɪdioʊˈməskjələr//ˌɪdiəˈməskjələr/ΘΚΠ
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extensive1646
abducent1649
peristaltic1652
metaleptic1656
spastic1822
spasmodic1836
ideomotor1854
idiomuscular1860
fibrillary1875
motor1878
myotatic1881
antergic1890
isometric1891
isotonic1891
neurogenic1901
synkinetic1901
ballistic1905
motoric1926
1860 Lancet 18 Sept. 468/1 The heart apparently stops in systole. It is not a state of tetanus—i.e., of rapidly-recurring contractions,—but apparently one of ‘idio-muscular’ contraction or tone.
1972 Jrnl. Neurol. Sci. 16 254 No spontaneous or mechanical myotonia was found, but an increase in idiomuscular excitability was noted in muscles of the thenar and hypothenar eminence.
2004 Forensic Sci. Internat. 144 171/1 In the..post-mortem interval the typical idiomuscular contraction can be observed.
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