Meanings
nounThomsen disease (uncountable)
- uncountableautosomal-dominant myotonia congenita
Origin
Named after the Danish/German physician Asmus Julius Thomas Thomsen (1815–1896), who himself had the disease and who described it in 1876.
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Thomsen disease. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Thomsen%20disease
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“Thomsen disease.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Thomsen%20disease. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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