| AMYOTONIA | • amyotonia n. Lack of normal muscular tension or tonus, especially when congenital. • AMYOTONIA n. deficiency of muscle tone. |
| AUXOTONIC | • auxotonic adj. (Botany) Relating to plant movement classified by growth as opposed to mature reactions to exogenous… • auxotonic adj. (Physiology) Of or involving muscular contraction against resistance in which the length of the muscle… • AUXOTONIC adj. of muscle contraction, occurring against increasing force. |
| HOMOTONIC | • homotonic adj. (Phonetics) Of the same tone. • homotonic adj. (Biology, rare) Of uniform tension or tonicity. • HOMOTONIC adj. of the same tenor or tone, also HOMOTONOUS. |
| HYPOTONIA | • hypotonia n. An abnormal loss of muscle tone. • HYPOTONIA n. a hypnotic condition. |
| HYPOTONIC | • hypotonic adj. (Of a solution) Having a lower osmotic pressure than another. • hypotonic adj. (Medicine) Showing less than normal tension in the muscles or muscle tissue. • HYPOTONIC adj. of muscles, lacking normal tone. |
| MONOTONIC | • monotonic adj. Of or using the Greek system of diacritics which discards the breathings and employs a single accent… • monotonic adj. (Mathematics) said of a function that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases. • monotonic adj. Uttered in a monotone; monotonous. |
| MYOTONIAS | • myotonias n. Plural of myotonia. • MYOTONIA n. muscular spasm or rigidity. |
| PHOTONICS | • photonics n. (Sciences) The science and technology of generating and controlling photons, particularly in the visible… • PHOTONICS n. the study of the application of photons e.g. in communications technology. |
| SEROTONIN | • serotonin n. (Biochemistry) An indoleamine neurotransmitter, 5-hydroxytryptamine, that is involved in depression… • SEROTONIN n. a compound occurring in the brain, acting as a neurotransmitter. |
| VAGOTONIA | • vagotonia n. (Pathology) irritability of the vagus nerve that adversely affects the function of the blood vessels… • VAGOTONIA n. pathological overactivity of the vagus nerve. |
| VAGOTONIC | • vagotonic adj. Of or pertaining to vagotonia. • VAGOTONIC adj. relating to vagotonia, pathological overactivity of the vagus nerve. |