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tonicity |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tonicity \To*nic"i*ty\, n. (Physiol.) The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle fibers while at rest; tone; tonus. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tonicity n : the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity" [syn: {tonus}, {tone}] [ant: {atonicity}]
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