See Also: amyotonia congenita(medicine)
amyotonia(medicine)
Dyskeratosis congenita(health)
myatonia congenita(medicine)
dyskeratosis congenita(medicine)
myotonia congenita(medicine)
pachyonychia congenita(medicine)
amyoplasia congenita(medicine)
hyperkeratosis congenita(medicine)
AMC (arthrogryposis multiplex congenita)(health)

unshell (iou) and amyotonia congenita (medicine)


unshell (iou)



unshell verb trans. L16.
[from UN-2 + SHELL noun.]
Extract (a nut etc.) from the shell, remove the shell or husk from. Now chiefly as unshelled ppl adjective.

amyotonia congenita (medicine)


amyotonia congenita
Atonic pseudoparalysis of congenital origin (neither familial nor hereditary), observed especially in infants and characterised by absences of muscular tone only in muscles innervated by the spinal nerves.

Synonym: congenital atonic pseudoparalysis, myatonia congenita, Oppenheim's disease, Oppenheim's syndrome.

An indefinite term for a number of congenital neuromuscular disorders that cause generalised myotonia in young children, and that have a benign course (static or regressive).