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

15 May 2025

PARSIMONIOUS

(adjective) excessively unwilling to spend; “parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses”; “lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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