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ATONIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does atonia mean?
• ATONIA (noun)
The noun ATONIA has 1 sense:
1. lack of normal muscular tension or tonus
Familiarity information: ATONIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lack of normal muscular tension or tonus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
amyotonia; atonia; atonicity; atony
Hypernyms ("atonia" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Derivation:
atonic (characterized by a lack of tonus)
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