Biology
- Myopathy
Term: myopathyLiterally meaning: ?suffering of muscles?Origin: Anc Greek???-/myo-(=comping form meaning muscle) > ???/mys/(=muscle) > ???/myo(=enclosed like the muscle inside body or rat in its nest=epimys)+???????/patheia(-pathy, suffix denoting...
- Isotonic
Term: isotonicLiterally meaning: ?having equal tension?Origin: Anc Greek????/isos(=equal) comping form ???-/iso- eg isomer, isopod+?????/tonos (=the normal state of elastic tension or partial contraction in resting muscles) > ?????/taneo(=strain)Coined/History(?)...
- Angiomyoma
Term: angiomyomaLiterally meaning: ?growth of muscle vessel?Origin: Anc Greek??????/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)+???-/myo-(=comping form meaning muscle) > ???/mys/(=muscle) > ???/myo(=enclosed like the muscle inside body...
- Hypotonia
Term: hypotonia Literally meaning: ?diminished tone or tension? Origin: Anc Greek???-/hypo- (prefix meaning "under", "beneath", "less", ?diminished?)+?????/tonos (= the normal state of elastic tension or partial contraction in resting muscles) > ?????/taneo(=strain)...
- Paramyosin
Term: paramyosinLiterally meaning: ?beside/like myosin?Origin: Anc Greek????-/para-(=pefix denoting intentification, ?beside?, ?near?, ?contrary of? ?side by side? ?past by?, ?beyond?) +???-/myo-(=combining form meaning muscle) > ???/mys/ (=muscle)...
Biology
paramyotonia
Term: paramyotonia
Literally meaning: ?beyond myotonia?
Origin: Anc Greek
????-/para-(=pefix denoting intentification, ?beside?, ?near?, ?contrary of? ?side by side? "past by")
+ ???/mys/ (=muscle) > ???/myo(=enclosed like the muscle inside body or mouse in its nest=epimys)
+?????/tonos (= the normal state of elastic tension or partial contraction in resting muscles) > ?????/taneo(=strain)
Coined/History
Paramyotonia was defined in 1886 by Eulenburg in order to describe a rare congenital disorder with aytosomal dominant inheritance. In thiw disorder stiffness is of major importance as long as muscle is exposed to cold. This paradoxical myotonia is the reason Eulenburg termed the disease paramyotonia.
(Source: R Reinhardt and F Lehmann-Horn, Physiological Reviews, Vol 65, No2, 1985)
Definition
Paramyotonia is an abnormal state characterized by difficulty in relaxing contracted voluntary muscle (myotonia) especially in the proximal muscles of the limbs, eyelids, and tongue. Paramyotonia is manifested in paramyotonia congenita; a hereditary rare disorder.
- Myopathy
Term: myopathyLiterally meaning: ?suffering of muscles?Origin: Anc Greek???-/myo-(=comping form meaning muscle) > ???/mys/(=muscle) > ???/myo(=enclosed like the muscle inside body or rat in its nest=epimys)+???????/patheia(-pathy, suffix denoting...
- Isotonic
Term: isotonicLiterally meaning: ?having equal tension?Origin: Anc Greek????/isos(=equal) comping form ???-/iso- eg isomer, isopod+?????/tonos (=the normal state of elastic tension or partial contraction in resting muscles) > ?????/taneo(=strain)Coined/History(?)...
- Angiomyoma
Term: angiomyomaLiterally meaning: ?growth of muscle vessel?Origin: Anc Greek??????/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)+???-/myo-(=comping form meaning muscle) > ???/mys/(=muscle) > ???/myo(=enclosed like the muscle inside body...
- Hypotonia
Term: hypotonia Literally meaning: ?diminished tone or tension? Origin: Anc Greek???-/hypo- (prefix meaning "under", "beneath", "less", ?diminished?)+?????/tonos (= the normal state of elastic tension or partial contraction in resting muscles) > ?????/taneo(=strain)...
- Paramyosin
Term: paramyosinLiterally meaning: ?beside/like myosin?Origin: Anc Greek????-/para-(=pefix denoting intentification, ?beside?, ?near?, ?contrary of? ?side by side? ?past by?, ?beyond?) +???-/myo-(=combining form meaning muscle) > ???/mys/ (=muscle)...