Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tonicity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tonicity \To*nic"i*ty\, n. (Physiol.)
The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle
fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tonicity
n : the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that
facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my
tonicity" [syn: {tonus}, {tone}] [ant: {atonicity}]
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