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HYPOTONIA

Dictionary entry overview: What does hypotonia mean?

• HYPOTONIA (noun)
The noun HYPOTONIA has 1 sense:

1. (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic

Familiarity information: HYPOTONIA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HYPOTONIA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hypotonia; hypotonus; hypotonicity

Hypernyms ("hypotonia" is a kind of...):

tone; tonicity; tonus (the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli)

Antonym:

hypertonia ((of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic)

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