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noun
The normal presence of tone or tension in a muscle or organ; tonus
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
The ability of nonpenetrable solutes in a solution to exert an osmotic pressure upon a membrane
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: sciences
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noun
the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: tonus, tone
Antonyms: atonicity
Broader terms: tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness
Narrower terms: catatonia, muscular tonus, muscle tone, myotonia, hypertonia, hypertonus, hypertonicity, hypotonia, hypotonus, hypotonicity
History
From tonic + -ity.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
