atony

Betekenis (Engels)

Lack of muscle tone; flaccidity or atonia

Concepten

atonie

spierslapte

Synoniemen

atonia

atonicity

relaxation

amyotonia

inertia

shiftlessness

slack

slackness

sloth

🦥

slothfulness

weakness

lack of muscle tone

lack of tension

lack of tone

enervation

flabbiness

flaccidity

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈæt.ə.ni/

Etymologie (Engels)

Borrowed from New Latin atonia, from Ancient Greek ἀτονία (atonía, “languor”), from ἄτονος (átonos, “languid”), from ἀ- (a-, “privative”) + τόνος (tónos, “accent”), from τείνειν (teínein, “to stretch”).