antitension

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adjective

Countering muscular tension.

OriginEnglish tension ← Middle French tension ← Latin tēnsiō →
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Meanings

adjectiveantitension (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemedicineCountering muscular tension.

    The patient is urged to wear antitension tapes for 6 months or even longer if cessation of tape application at that time is followed by any widening of the scar.

    1977, Clinics in Plastic Surgery, volume 4, number 2, page 271

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ten-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*tend-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*téndeti
  10. Proto-Italic*tendō
  11. Latintendō
  12. Latintēnsiō
  13. Middle Frenchtension
  14. Englishtension
  15. Englishantitension

From anti- + tension.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

intensation
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APA

antitension. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antitension

MLA

“antitension.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antitension. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antitension,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antitension.

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