Word
tonus, n.
the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
<noun.state>
tone
tonicity
tonus
sample sentences
"the doctor tested my tonicity"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
tonic
antonym
atonicity
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
tonic
tone
semantic pointers
domain of synset (topic)
muscle, muscular tissue
hypernym
tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness
hyponym
catatonia
muscle tone, muscular tonus
myotonia
hypertonia, hypertonus, hypertonicity
hypotonia, hypotonus, hypotonicity