slovo | definícia |
tonicity (encz) | tonicity, n: |
Tonicity (gcide) | Tonicity \To*nic"i*ty\, n. (Physiol.)
The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle
fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.
[1913 Webster] |
tonicity (wn) | tonicity
n 1: the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that
facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my
tonicity" [syn: tonicity, tonus, tone] [ant:
amyotonia, atonia, atonicity, atony] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
hypertonicity (encz) | hypertonicity, n: |
hypotonicity (encz) | hypotonicity, n: |
monotonicity (encz) | monotonicity,monotónnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
atonicity (gcide) | atonicity \atonicity\ n.
1. 1 lack of normal muscular tension or tonus.
Syn: atony.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Tonicity (gcide) | Tonicity \To*nic"i*ty\, n. (Physiol.)
The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle
fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.
[1913 Webster] |
atonicity (wn) | atonicity
n 1: lack of normal muscular tension or tonus [syn: atonicity,
atony, atonia, amyotonia] [ant: tone, tonicity,
tonus] |
hypertonicity (wn) | hypertonicity
n 1: (of a solution) the extent to which a solution has a higher
osmotic pressure than some other [ant: hypotonicity]
2: (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic [syn:
hypertonia, hypertonus, hypertonicity] [ant:
hypotonia, hypotonicity, hypotonus] |
hypotonicity (wn) | hypotonicity
n 1: (of a solution) the extent to which a solution has a lower
osmotic pressure than some other [ant: hypertonicity]
2: (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic [syn:
hypotonia, hypotonus, hypotonicity] [ant: hypertonia,
hypertonicity, hypertonus] |
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