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HYPERTONUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hypertonus mean?
• HYPERTONUS (noun)
The noun HYPERTONUS has 1 sense:
1. (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic
Familiarity information: HYPERTONUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
hypertonia; hypertonicity; hypertonus
Hypernyms ("hypertonus" is a kind of...):
tone; tonicity; tonus (the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli)
Antonym:
hypotonus ((of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic)
Derivation:
hypertonic ((of living tissue) in a state of abnormally high tension)
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