Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Atony"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Atony \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
atony
n : lack of normal muscular tension or tonus [syn: {atonicity},
{atonia}, {amyotonia}] [ant: {tonicity}]
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