myokymia

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She advised patients with eyelid myokymia to relax, get adequate sleep and cut down on caffeine and alcohol.

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  1. A pathological condition in which slow, wave-like contractions pass from one end to the other of a muscle without locomotor effect.

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  • She advised patients with eyelid myokymia to relax, get adequate sleep and cut down on caffeine and alcohol. —  TODAYonline
 

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  1. New Latin, from Greek μῦς, muscle, + κῦμα, wave.
 

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