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tonus

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Definitions

  1. the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc.

  2. that facilitate response to stimuli

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin tonus (“strain, tension”). Doublet of tone, tune, and ton (fashion/style).

Used in a sentence

  • muscular tonus
  • The amount of stretch possible increases with the range in the joint and decreases with the cross section of the muscle and the amount of tonus or contraction in these antagonists .
  • Dr. H. S. Sullivan, for example, is known to many for his acute understanding of the postural tonuses of his patients.

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