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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tonus  \To"nus\,  n.  [L.  a  sound,  tone.  See  {Tone}.]  (Physiol.) 
  Tonicity,  or  tone;  as  muscular  tonus. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tonus 
  n  :  the  elastic  tension  of  living  muscles,  arteries,  etc  that 
  facilitate  response  to  stimuli;  "the  doctor  tested  my 
  tonicity"  [syn:  {tonicity},  {tone}]  [ant:  {atonicity}] 




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