paratonian.

Brit.

/ˌparəˈtəʊnɪə/, U.S.

/ˌpɛrəˈtoʊniə/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: para- prefix¹, -tonia comb. form.

Etymology: < para- prefix¹ + -tonia comb. form. In the specific use after French paratonie (1910 or earlier).

Medicine.

Muscle spasm or rigidity; (in later use) spec. muscle rigidity occurring in resistance to, or as failure of relaxation after, passive movement, seen esp. in disorders of the cerebral cortex. Cf. paratonic adj.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > stiffness or rigidity

unbuxomheada1325

stiffness1552

contracture1658

paratonia1848

arthrogryposis1857

1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 786/1 It [sc. spasm] is now usually applied to involuntary muscular contractions; and these, again, have been divided into tonic spasm, Paratonia, which consists in permanent rigidity and immobility of the muscles that are the seat of it..; and clonic spasm.

1977 Jrnl. Neurol., Neurosurg. & Psychiatry 40 964/1 Paratonia (gegenhalten) of arms and legs..may be the result of loss of the capacity to inhibit voluntary muscle tone.

1982 Neurology 32 169/2 Paratonia was scored as present if the patient's arms, suspended 15 cm above the lap, remained elevated after being released, even after instructions to relax.

1990 Neuroepidemiology 9 28/1 The presence and clinical significance of cortical disinhibition signs (paratonia and primitive reflexes).

2000 Movement Disorders 15 24 Failure to accurately characterize the movement disorder, particularly to distinguish parkinsonism from cortically based motor disturbances (that is, paratonia, apraxia), makes the results of many published studies difficult to interpret.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	paratonia
释义	paratonian. Brit. /ˌparəˈtəʊnɪə/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈtoʊniə/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: para- prefix¹, -tonia comb. form. Etymology: < para- prefix¹ + -tonia comb. form. In the specific use after French paratonie (1910 or earlier). Medicine. Muscle spasm or rigidity; (in later use) spec. muscle rigidity occurring in resistance to, or as failure of relaxation after, passive movement, seen esp. in disorders of the cerebral cortex. Cf. paratonic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > stiffness or rigidity unbuxomheada1325 stiffness1552 contracture1658 paratonia1848 arthrogryposis1857 1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 786/1 It [sc. spasm] is now usually applied to involuntary muscular contractions; and these, again, have been divided into tonic spasm, Paratonia, which consists in permanent rigidity and immobility of the muscles that are the seat of it..; and clonic spasm. 1977 Jrnl. Neurol., Neurosurg. & Psychiatry 40 964/1 Paratonia (gegenhalten) of arms and legs..may be the result of loss of the capacity to inhibit voluntary muscle tone. 1982 Neurology 32 169/2 Paratonia was scored as present if the patient's arms, suspended 15 cm above the lap, remained elevated after being released, even after instructions to relax. 1990 Neuroepidemiology 9 28/1 The presence and clinical significance of cortical disinhibition signs (paratonia and primitive reflexes). 2000 Movement Disorders 15 24 Failure to accurately characterize the movement disorder, particularly to distinguish parkinsonism from cortically based motor disturbances (that is, paratonia, apraxia), makes the results of many published studies difficult to interpret. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1848
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