TONUS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
   Synonym(s)
   • tone (what does tone mean?)
   • tonicity (what does tonicity mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the doctor tested my tonicity
   Hypernyms(s) tonus is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • tension (what does tension mean?)
   • tensity (what does tensity mean?)
   • tenseness (what does tenseness mean?)
   • tautness (what does tautness mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • atonicity (what does atonicity mean?)
   • atony (what does atony mean?)
   • atonia (what does atonia mean?)
   • amyotonia (what does amyotonia mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • catatonia (what does catatonia mean?)
   • muscular tonus (what does muscular tonus mean?)
   • muscle tone (what does muscle tone mean?)
   • myotonia (what does myotonia mean?)
   • hypertonia (what does hypertonia mean?)
   • hypertonus (what does hypertonus mean?)
   • hypertonicity (what does hypertonicity mean?)
   • hypotonia (what does hypotonia mean?)
   • hypotonus (what does hypotonus mean?)
   • hypotonicity (what does hypotonicity mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • tone (what does tone mean?)
   • tone up (what does tone up mean?)
   • strengthen (what does strengthen mean?)