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(a′tə nē)

noun

lack of bodily tone or muscle tone

Origin: Fr atonie < LL atonia < Gr atonia, languor < a-, not + tonos, tone < teinein, to stretch: see thin

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noun

Lack of normal muscle tone.
Lack of accent or stress.

Origin:

Origin: Late Latin atonia

Origin: , from Greek atoniā

Origin: , from atonos, slack

Origin: : a-, without; see a-¹

Origin: + tonos, stretching, tone; see tone

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