dystonia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From New Latin dystonia, from German Dystonie.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
neurological disorder
References[edit]
- “dystonia”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Internationalism (see English dystonia), ultimately from New Latin dystonia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dystonia
Declension[edit]
Inflection of dystonia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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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 dystoniainrare | ||
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[edit]
- “dystonia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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
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