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for tonus
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Tonus \To"nus\, n. [L. a sound, tone. See Tone.] (Physiol.)
Tonicity, or tone; as, muscular tonus.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
tonus
n 1: the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that
facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my
tonicity" [syn: tonicity, tonus, tone] [ant:
amyotonia, atonia, atonicity, atony]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "tonus":
adaptability, bounce, bounciness, buoyance, buoyancy, elasticity,
extensibility, flexibility, give, liveliness, rebound, resilience,
resiliency, responsiveness, snap, spring, springiness, stretch,
stretchability, stretchiness, tone, tonicity
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