different between atony vs atonic

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

English

Etymology

a- +? tonic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e??t?n?k/

  Rhymes: -?n?k

Adjective

atonic (comparative more atonic, superlative most atonic)

1. (of a sound or syllable) unstressed
2. (linguistics) not having tone (pitch)
3. (pathology) Lacking muscle tone.
4. (medicine) Characterized by atony, or want of vital energy.

   an atonic disease

Derived terms

• atonia
• atonicity
• atony

See also

• atonal

Noun

atonic (plural atonics)

1. (phonetics, dated) A sound with lack of tone or vocality.

   Coordinate term: subtonic

Anagrams

• Catino, actino-, action, cation, cation-?

Romanian

Etymology

From French atonique.

Adjective

atonic m or n (feminine singular atonic?, masculine plural atonici, feminine and neuter plural atonice)

1. atonic

Declension