dystonia

Borrowed from New Latin dystonia, from German Dystonie.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈstəʊnɪə/

dystonia (countable and uncountable, plural dystonias)

1. (pathology) A disabling neurological disorder in which prolonged and repetitive contractions of muscles cause jerking, twisting movements and abnormal postures of the body.
   • 2025 January 29, Sandee LaMotte, “A rare brain disorder robbed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of his strong speaking voice”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     In one type of vocal dystonia called lingual protrusion dystonia, a person’s tongue can protrude when they try to speak, strangling their words.

• neurodystonia

• dystonic

• “dystonia”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Internationalism (see English dystonia), ultimately from New Latin dystonia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdystoniɑ/, [ˈdys̠to̞ˌniɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): dys‧to‧ni‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): dys‧to‧nia

dystonia

1. (pathology) dystonia

• “dystonia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• ydinsota