Tonus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Body or muscular tone; tonicity.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. tonicity; tone
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Tonicity, or tone.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A condition of preparedness in an organ or tissue to perform its normal function as soon as the customary stimulus is applied.
  • n. Tonicity.
  • n. Tonic spasm.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
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    tautness    tenseness    tensity    tension   
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