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Definition of Atonia
1. Noun. Lack of normal muscular tension or tonus.
Generic synonyms: Condition, Status
Derivative terms: Atonic, Atonic, Atonic
Antonyms: Tonicity
Definition of Atonia
1. Noun. Lack of muscle tone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Atonia
1. atony [n -S] - See also: atony
Medical Definition of Atonia
1. Synonym: atony. Origin: G. Languor (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Atonia
Literary usage of Atonia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Physiology: Normal and Pathological. For Students and by Winfield Scott Hall (1905)
"atonia.—The atonia is betrayed by the patient's posture in the upright position.
There is flaccidity to the point of complete loss of tonus on the side of ..."
2. Special pathology and therapeutics of the diseases of domestic animals v. 2 by Ferenc Hutyra (1913)
"B., 1884, 98.—Weber, D. t. W., 1909, 347 (Lit.). (See also literature on the
primary underlying diseases.) (d) Atony of the Fore-stomachs. atonia ..."
3. Scritti politici e letterari di Massimo d'Azeglio by Massimo d' Azeglio (1872)
"a atonia- >on e pero r Arriso per F • »» _* "iA "V*«« A ai •• TI -m mai ne a
ragione ne u ... atonia ..."
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