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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Atony \At"o*ny\, n. [Gr. ? slackness; 'a 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: atony n : lack of normal muscular tension or tonus [syn: {atonicity}, {atonia}, {amyotonia}] [ant: {tonicity}]
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