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    HYPERTONUS

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonicplay

    Synonyms:

    hypertonia; hypertonicity; hypertonus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("hypertonus" is a kind of...):

    tone; tonicity; tonus (the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli)

    Antonym:

    hypotonus ((of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic)

    Derivation:

    hypertonic ((of living tissue) in a state of abnormally high tension)

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