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    TONICITY

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuliplay

    Example:

    the doctor tested my tonicity

    Synonyms:

    tone; tonicity; tonus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

    tautness; tenseness; tension; tensity (the physical condition of being stretched or strained)

    Domain category:

    muscle; muscular tissue (animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tonicity"):

    catatonia (extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia)

    muscle tone; muscular tonus (normal tonicity of the muscles)

    myotonia (abnormally long muscular contractions; slow relaxation of a muscle after a contraction)

    hypertonia; hypertonicity; hypertonus ((of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic)

    hypotonia; hypotonicity; hypotonus ((of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic)

    Antonym:

    atonicity (lack of normal muscular tension or tonus)

    Derivation:

    tonic (of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue)

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