Meaning of ATONY
| Pronunciation: | | 'atnee
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[n] lack of normal muscular tension or tonus |
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ATONY is a 5 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | amyotonia, atonia, atonicity |
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| | Antonyms: | | tone, tonicity, tonus | | |
| | See Also: | | condition, status | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \At"o*ny\, n. [Gr. ? slackness; 'a priv. + ? tone,
strength, ? to stretch: cf. F. atonie.] (Med.)
Want of tone; weakness of the system, or of any organ,
especially of such as are contractile.
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| | Related Terms: | | adynamia, anemia, blah feeling, bloodlessness, cachexia, cachexy, cowardice, debilitation, debility, dullness, etiolation, faintness, fatigue, feebleness, flabbiness, flaccidity, impotence, languishment, languor, lassitude, listlessness, prostration, sluggishness, softness, strengthlessness, weakliness, weakness, weariness |
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