Atony

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:57:13

At"o*ny (#), n. [Gr. slackness; priv. + tone, strength, to stretch: cf. F. atonie.] Med.

Want of tone; weakness of the system, or of any organ, especially of such as are contractile.

 

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