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TONUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
Example:
the doctor tested my tonicity
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("tonus" is a kind of...):
tautness; tenseness; tension; tensity (the physical condition of being stretched or strained)
Domain category:
muscle; muscular tissue (animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tonus"):
catatonia (extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia)
muscle tone; muscular tonus (normal tonicity of the muscles)
myotonia (abnormally long muscular contractions; slow relaxation of a muscle after a contraction)
hypertonia; hypertonicity; hypertonus ((of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic)
hypotonia; hypotonicity; hypotonus ((of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic)
