Etymology

normotonic

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Today it means: having normal muscle tone Full definition →

English tonic ← Ancient Greek τονῐκός (tonĭkós)
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The story

  1. Englishnormo-
  2. Ancient Greekτονῐκός (tonĭkós)
  3. Englishtonic
  4. English todaynormotonic

From normo- + tonic.

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