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Atony

//ˈæt.ə.ni// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Lack of muscle tone; flaccidity or atonia uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    lack of normal muscular tension or tonus wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin atonia, from Ancient Greek ἀτονία (atonía, “languor”), from ἄτονος (átonos, “languid”), from ἀ- (a-, “privative”) + τόνος (tónos, “accent”), from τείνειν (teínein, “to stretch”).

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