Meanings
nounatonicity (usually uncountable, plural atonicities)
plural atonicities
- uncountableusuallyThe property of being atonic.
Gross Anatomical — in the form of contractures, atonicities, hypertrophies, hyperplasms, atrophies, fatty infiltrations, tumors, etc.
1940, Carter Harrison Downing, Simplified Spinal Technique, page 3
Synonyms & antonyms
nounlack of normal muscular tension or tonus
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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