HYPOTONUS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic

Synonyms:

hypotonia; hypotonicity; hypotonus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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

Antonym:

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

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