# Thomsen disease

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. autosomal-dominant myotonia congenita

## Etymology
Named after the Danish/German physician Asmus Julius Thomas Thomsen (1815–1896), who himself had the disease and who described it in 1876.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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