PARATONIC

Etymology 1

Adjective

paratonic (comparative more paratonic, superlative most paratonic)

(medicine) Relating to paratonia.

Etymology 2

Adjective

paratonic (not comparable)

(linguistics) Relating to paratones.

Etymology 3

Adjective

paratonic (comparative more paratonic, superlative most paratonic)

Retarding a plant's growth.

Anagrams

• anatropic, apocritan

Source: Wiktionary



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