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atony
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In medicine , atony (; also atonia ) is a condition in which a muscle has lost its strength. It is frequently associated with the conditions atonic seizure , atonic colon , uterine atony , gastrointestinal atony (occurs postoperatively) and choreatic atonia ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Atony \At"o*ny\, n. [Gr. ? slackness; 'a priv. + ? tone, strength, ? to stretch: cf. F. atonie.] (Med.) Want of tone; weakness of the system, or of any organ, especially of such as are contractile.
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. lack of normal muscular tension or tonus [syn: atonicity , atonia , amyotonia ] [ant: tonicity ]
Usage examples of atony.
Temperature normal, lungs clear, only rumenal atony and extreme tenderness as I palpated the abdomen.
Temperature normal, lungs clear, only rumenal atony and extreme tenderness as I palpated the abdomen.
It is a case of disheartening atony for which there is no possible cure.
He had tried, briefly, to live a quiet life like Breck, but he was unskilled as a farmer and clumsy as a carpenter, and so had returned to the only thing he had ever excelled atonce again, he became a soldier.