Definitions for: Atony

[n] lack of normal muscular tension or tonus

Webster (1913) Definition: At"o*ny, n. [Gr. ? slackness; 'a priv. + ? tone,
strength, ? to stretch: cf. F. atonie.] (Med.)
Want of tone; weakness of the system, or of any organ,
especially of such as are contractile.

Synonyms: amyotonia, atonia, atonicity

Antonyms: tone, tonicity, tonus

See Also: condition, status