tonus
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1. the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli (noun.state)
| hyponym | : | catatonia, |
| definition | : | extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | myotonia, |
| definition | : | abnormally long muscular contractions; slow relaxation of a muscle after a contraction (noun.state) |
| domain category | : | muscle, muscular tissue, |
| definition | : | animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells (noun.body) |
| derivation | : | tonic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | tonic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue (adj.pert) |
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