HyperDic: hypertonus

English > 1 sense of the word hypertonus:
NOUNstatehypertonus, hypertonia, hypertonicity(of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic
English > hypertonus: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning(of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic.
Synonymshypertonia, hypertonicity
Broadertonicity, tonus, toneThe elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
Oppositehypotonia, hypotonus, hypotonicity(of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic
Catalanhipertonia
Adjectiveshypertonic(of living tissue) in a state of abnormally high tension

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