muscle rigidity

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• muscle disease — ▪ pathology Introduction       any of the diseases and disorders that affect the human muscle system (muscle system, human). Diseases and disorders that result from direct abnormalities of the muscles are called primary muscle diseases; those… …   Universalium

• rigidity — 1. Stiffness or inflexibility. SYN: rigor (1). 2. In psychiatry and clinical psychology, an aspect of personality characterized by an individual s resistance to change. 3. In neurology, one type of increase in …   Medical dictionary

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• Rigidity — Generally, rigidity refers to inflexibility or resistance to change. It has a number of specific meanings depending on the field of application.In medicine (neurology) rigidity describes an increase in muscle tone, leading to a resistance to… …   Wikipedia

• cogwheel rigidity — rigidity of a muscle that gives way in a series of little jerks upon being passively stretched, analogous to the ratcheting movement when a spring loaded rod drops into the successive notches of a cog. Called also cogwheel phenomenon or sign and… …   Medical dictionary

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• tetanus — tetanal, adj. tetanoid, adj. /tet n euhs/, n. 1. Pathol. an infectious, often fatal disease caused by a specific bacterium that enters the body through wounds and characterized by respiratory paralysis and tonic spasms and rigidity of the… …   Universalium