Hypertonia

noun

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

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hypertonicityhypertonus

Etymology

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

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cerebral palsy

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