Atony
//ˈæt.ə.ni// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Lack of muscle tone; flaccidity or atonia uncountable, usually
- 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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