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HYPOTONIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic

Synonyms:

hypotonia; hypotonicity; hypotonus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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

Antonym:

hypertonia ((of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic)

Derivation:

hypotonic ((of living tissue) lacking normal tone or tension)

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 Context examples: 

Signs and symptoms include congenital cataracts, infantile glaucoma, intellectual disability, hypotonia, aminoaciduria and renal tubular dysfunction.

(Oculocerebrorenal Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical presentations include congenital abnormalities, hepatomegaly, metabolic acidosis, and hypotonia.

(Multiple Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include retinitis pigmentosa which may lead to blindness, hearing problems and deafness, hypotonia, ataxia, nystagmus, facial deformities, and mental and growth retardation.

(Infantile Refsum Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

They include vomiting, dehydration, hypotonia, developmental delays, hepatomegaly, lethargy, intellectual disabilities, and chronic kidney disease.

(Methylmalonic Acidemia, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include lethargy, feeding difficulties, hypotonia, intellectual deformities, and seizures.

(Glycine Encephalopathy, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include mental retardation, megaloblastic anemia, hypotonia, epilepsy, and hepatosplenomegaly.

(Arakawa's Syndrome II, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical manifestations in infancy include cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias, hypotonia, and hepatomegaly.

(Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase, Very Long-Chain Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

The least common subtype of cerebral palsy, in which the individual displays hypotonia, a loss of motor coordination, and an intention tremor.

(Ataxic Cerebral Palsy, NCI Thesaurus)

They include vomiting, hypoglycemia, lethargy, hypotonia and failure to thrive.

(Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase, Short-Chain Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms appear in childhood and include seizures, hypotonia and developmental delays.

(Biotinidase Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)