ATONICITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does atonicity mean? 

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

1. lack of normal muscular tension or tonus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATONICITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lack of normal muscular tension or tonus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

amyotonia; atonia; atonicity; atony

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

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Antonym:

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

Derivation:

atonic (characterized by a lack of tonus)