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单词 atony
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atony

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at·o·ny

A0504800 (ăt′ə-nē, ăt′n-ē)n.1. Lack of normal muscle tone.2. Lack of accent or stress.
[Late Latin atonia, from Greek atoniā, from atonos, slack : a-, without; see a-1 + tonos, stretching, tone; see tone.]

atony

(ˈætənɪ) n1. (Pathology) pathol lack of normal tone or tension, as in muscles; abnormal relaxation of a muscle2. (Phonetics & Phonology) phonetics lack of stress or accent on a syllable or word[C17: from Latin atonia, from Greek: tonelessness, from atonos slack, from a-1 + tonos tone]

at•o•ny

(ˈæt n i)

also a•to•ni•a

(əˈtoʊ ni ə, eɪˈtoʊ-)

n. 1. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, esp. in a contractile organ. 2. lack of stress accent. [1685–95; < Late Latin atonia < Greek, derivative of átonos unaccented, languid, literally, toneless. See a-6, tone]

atonicity, atony

lack of tone or tonus in the body; poor muscular condition. Cf. tonicity.atonic, adj.See also: Body, Human
Thesaurus
Noun1.atony - lack of normal muscular tension or tonusamyotonia, atonia, atonicitycondition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
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atonia

atony

enUK

atony

[′at·ən·ē] (medicine) Absence or extremely low degree of tonus.

atony

enUK

atony

 [at´ah-ne] lack of normal tone or strength; flaccidity. adj., adj aton´ic.

at·o·ny

(at'ŏ-nē), Relaxation, flaccidity, or lack of tone or tension. Synonym(s): atonia, atonicity [G. atonia, languor]

atony

(ăt′ə-nē, ăt′n-ē)n. Lack of normal muscle tone.

at·o·ny

(at'ŏ-nē) Relaxation, flaccidity, or lack of tone or tension.
Synonym(s): atonia.
[G. atonia, languor]

atony

Sustained abnormal relaxation of muscle. Lack of muscular tone or contractile tendency. Atony of the uterus prevents its normal reduction in size after delivery of the baby and placenta and leads to bleeding which is often serious.

at·o·ny

(at'ŏ-nē) Relaxation, flaccidity, or lack of tone or tension. [G. atonia, languor]

atony

enUK
Related to atony: atony of bladder, gastric atony, colonic atony
  • noun

Synonyms for atony

noun lack of normal muscular tension or tonus

Synonyms

  • amyotonia
  • atonia
  • atonicity

Related Words

  • condition
  • status
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