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atony [ˈætənɪ] n 1. (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol lack of normal tone or tension, as in muscles; abnormal relaxation of a muscle 2. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) Phonetics lack of stress or accent on a syllable or word [from Latin atonia, from Greek: tonelessness, from atonos slack, from a-1 + tonos tone] atonicity, atony lack of tone or tonus in the body; poor muscular condition. Cf. tonicity. — atonic, adj. See also: Body, Human
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