HYPOTONIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypotonia mean? 

• HYPOTONIA (noun)
  The noun HYPOTONIA has 1 sense:

1. (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic

  Familiarity information: HYPOTONIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPOTONIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hypotonia; hypotonicity; hypotonus

Hypernyms ("hypotonia" is a kind of...):

tone; tonicity; tonus (the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli)

Antonym:

hypertonia ((of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic)

Derivation:

hypotonic ((of living tissue) lacking normal tone or tension)

 Context examples 

It is associated with short stature, hypotonia, mental retardation, and hand, foot, skull and facial abnormalities.

(Deletion 18q Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical signs at birth include microcephaly, hypotonia, abnormal reflexes and involuntary eye movements.

(Cerebrooculofacioskeletal Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Mild hypotonia that usually appears early in infancy and has a favorable outcome.

(Benign Congenital Hypotonia, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by muscle wasting and hypotonia, cataracts, heart conduction defects and endocrinopathies.

(Myotonic Dystrophy, NCI Thesaurus)

A group of rare genetic muscle disorders characterized by hypotonia, muscle weakness, and delayed development of motor skills.

(Congenital Structural Myopathy, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms appear early in life and include movement difficulties, muscle hypotonia and spasticity, and dementia.

(Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by hypotonia, seizures, failure to thrive, and peculiar colorless or steel-colored brittle hair.

(Menkes Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

It affects males and is characterized by neurologic defects, moderate mental retardation, muscle hypotonia, and a tendency for self-mutilation (self-biting of lips, tongue, and fingertips).

(Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

They include feeding difficulties, lethargy, hypoglycemia, hypotonia, liver abnormalities, heart abnormalities, peripheral neuropathy, coma, and sudden death.

(Mitochondrial Trifunctional Protein Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include developmental delays, mental retardation, facial abnormalities, hepatomegaly, and hypotonia.

(Peroxisomal Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)