dystonia

(dis-to'ni-ah) [G. dys-, difficult, bad, + tonos, tension.] state of abnormal (either hypo or hyper-) tonicity in any of the ti ues. d. musculo'nim def or'mans, Ziehen-Oppenheim disease, an affection, occurring especially in children, marked by muscular contractions producing most peculiar distortions of the spine and hips; the musculature is hypertonic when in ac- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 299 ion, hypotonic when at rest; progre ive orsion spasm of childhood. topia (dis-to'pi-ah) [G. dys,- bad, + topos, lace.] Malposition. topic (dis-top'ik) [G. dys-, bad, + topikos, elating to place.] Mal placed, out of place. tro'phi a. Dystrophy, d. adipo"sogemta'lis, tylus Froehlich, hypophysis syndrome; a condiion caused by hypopituitarism, or partial lo of he anterior lobe of the hypophysis cerebri it is; larked by increase in fat, lo of sexual power, trophy of the external genitals, and lo of hair troph'ic. Relating to dystrophy. trophoneurosis (dis-trof"o-nu-ro's is) [G. dys)ai + trop he, nourishment, + neuron, nerve, +