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Atony
(gcide) | 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.
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atony
(wn) | atony
n 1: lack of normal muscular tension or tonus [syn: atonicity,
atony, atonia, amyotonia] [ant: tone, tonicity,
tonus] |
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Atony
(gcide) | 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.
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Keratonyxis
(gcide) | Keratonyxis \Ker`a*to*nyx"is\, n. [Gr. ke`ras, -atos, horn + ?
puncture.] (Med.)
The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle
through the cornea of the eye, and breaking up the opaque
mass.
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