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atony

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin atonia, from Ancient Greek ?????? (atonía, “languor”), from ?????? (átonos, “languid”), from ?- (a-, “privative”) + ????? (tónos, “accent”), from ??????? (teínein, “to stretch”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?æt.?.ni/

Noun

atony (uncountable)

  1. Lack of muscle tone; flaccidity or atonia

Related terms

  • atonic

Further reading

  • atony in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • atony in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • atony at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • Ayton, Tonya, ayont, tonya

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abirritation

English

Etymology

abirritate +? -ion

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?æb.??.??te?.?n?/
  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

abirritation (plural abirritations)

  1. (medicine) A pathological condition opposite to that of irritation; debility; asthenia; atony.
  2. (medicine) Decreased response to stimuli.

Translations

References

Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940) Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, published 1993, ?ISBN, page 6

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