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tonicity > noun, state
MeaningThe elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli.
Examples"the doctor tested my tonicity"
Synonymstonus, tone
Contraryatonicity, atony, atonia, amyotonia
Categorymuscle, muscular tissue
Broadertension, tensity, tenseness, tautness
Narrowercatatonia; muscular tonus, muscle tone; myotonia; hypertonia, hypertonus, hypertonicity; hypotonia, hypotonus, hypotonicity
Adjectivestonic

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