tonus

1. The elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli (synset 114568274)
   "the doctor tested my tonicity"
   referred to in: muscle, muscular tissue - animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
   is a type of: tautness, tenseness, tension, tensity - the physical condition of being stretched or strained
   subtypes:

   • catatonia - extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia
   • muscle tone, muscular tonus - normal tonicity of the muscles
   • myotonia - abnormally long muscular contractions; slow relaxation of a muscle after a contraction
   • hypertonia, hypertonicity, hypertonus - (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic
   • hypotonia, hypotonicity, hypotonus - (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic
   same as: tone, tonicity

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