What does "hypertonia" mean?

An abnormal increase in tightness of muscle tone, common in cerebral palsy.

Hypertonia

Common synonyms include: hypertonicity, high tonicity, hypertonus, increased muscle tone, muscle hypertonia, spasticity.

noun

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Noun

1
An abnormal increase in tightness of muscle tone, common in cerebral palsy. countable, uncountable
2
(of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic wordnet

From New Latin hypertonia, from hyper- + Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos) + -ia. By surface analysis, hyper- + -tonia.