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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli;
- Example: "the doctor tested my tonicity"
[syn: tonicity, tonus, tone]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]