Etymology

hypertonia

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Today it means: An abnormal increase in tightness of muscle tone, common in cerebral palsy. Full definition →

New Latin hypertonia ← Ancient Greek τόνος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτόνος
  2. New Latin · borrowed fromhypertonia
  3. English todayhypertonia

From New Latin hypertonia, from hyper- + Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos) + -ia. By surface analysis, hyper- + -tonia.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekτόνος all →

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