TONUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli

Example:

the doctor tested my tonicity

Synonyms:

tone; tonicity; tonus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

tautness; tenseness; tension; tensity (the physical condition of being stretched or strained)

Domain category:

muscle; muscular tissue (animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tonus"):

catatonia (extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia)

muscle tone; muscular tonus (normal tonicity of the muscles)

myotonia (abnormally long muscular contractions; slow relaxation of a muscle after a contraction)

hypertonia; hypertonicity; hypertonus ((of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic)

hypotonia; hypotonicity; hypotonus ((of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic)