Early 20th century; earliest use found in Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. From scientific Latin myotoniamyotonia + atrophica, feminine of atrophicusatrophic, after French myotonie atrophique.
Definition of myotonia atrophica in US English:
myotonia atrophica
noun
Medicine rare
Myotonic dystrophy.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. From scientific Latin myotonia myotonia + atrophica, feminine of atrophicus atrophic, after French myotonie atrophique.