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HYPERTONIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic
Synonyms:
hypertonia; hypertonicity; hypertonus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hypertonia" is a kind of...):
tone; tonicity; tonus (the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli)
Antonym:
hypotonia ((of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic)
Derivation:
hypertonic ((of living tissue) in a state of abnormally high tension)
