ATONY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does atony mean? 

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

1. lack of normal muscular tension or tonus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATONY (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 ("atony" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Derivation:

atonic (characterized by a lack of tonus)

 Context examples 

Spongy degeneration of central nervous system , spongy degeneration of white matter a rare hereditary form of leukodystrophy of early onset in which widespread demyelination and vacuolation of cerebral white matter gives it a spongy appearance; there is mental retardation, megalocephaly, atony of neck muscles, limb spasticity, and blindness, with death in infancy.

(Canavan Disease, NICHD)