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noun
An abnormal increase in tightness of muscle tone, common in cerebral palsy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
(of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: hypertonus, hypertonicity
Antonyms: hypotonia
Broader terms: tonicity, tonus, tone
History
From New Latin hypertonia, from hyper- + Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos) + -ia. By surface analysis, hyper- + -tonia.
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