HYPERTONIA

hypertonia, hypertonus, hypertonicity

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

hypertonia (countable and uncountable, plural hypertonias)

(medicine) An abnormal increase in tightness of muscle tone, common in cerebral palsy.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

6 October 2024

DATELESS

(adjective) of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date; “dateless customs”


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