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The continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles, which helps maintain posture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
normal tonicity of the muscles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- exercise improves muscle tone
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: muscular tonus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tonicity, tonus, tone
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
肌張力 /肌张力
(jīzhānglì)
— the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles
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Finnish:
jänteys
— the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles
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Finnish:
lihasjänteys
— the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles
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Finnish:
tonus
— the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles
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French:
tonus musculaire
— the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles
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German:
Muskeltonus
— the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles
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Hungarian:
izomtónus
— the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles
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Irish:
teannas matán
— the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles
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Japanese:
筋緊張
(sujikinchō)
— the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles
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Northern Kurdish:
tonusa masûlkeyan
— the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles
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Portuguese:
tônus muscular
— the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles
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Romanian:
tonus muscular
— the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles
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Russian:
тон
(ton)
— the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles
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Spanish:
tono muscular
— the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles
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Ukrainian:
м'я́зови́й то́нус
(mʺjázovýj tónus)
— the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles