About The Word Atony
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Atony
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What's The Definition Of Atony?
[n] lack of normal muscular tension or tonus
Synonyms | Synonyms for Atony: amyotonia | atonia | atonicity Related Terms | Find terms related to Atony: adynamia | anemia | blah feeling | bloodlessness | cachexia | cachexy | cowardice | debilitation | debility | dullness | etiolation | faintness | fatigue | feebleness | flabbiness | flaccidity | impotence | languishment | languor | lassitude | listlessness | prostration | sluggishness | softness | strengthlessness | weakliness | weakness | weariness Atony In Webster's Dictionary \At"o*ny\, n. [Gr. ? slackness; 'a priv. + ? tone,
strength, ? to stretch: cf. F. atonie.] (Med.)
Want of tone; weakness of the system, or of any organ,
especially of such as are contractile.
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