atony

Meaning

Lack of muscle tone; flaccidity or atonia

Synonyms

atonia

atonicity

relaxation

amyotonia

inertia

shiftlessness

slack

slackness

sloth

🦥

slothfulness

weakness

lack of muscle tone

lack of tension

lack of tone

enervation

flabbiness

flaccidity

Translations

atonie

atonia

atonía

atonia

atonie

Atonie

ατονία

atonia

kuvvetsizlik

zafiyet

Schlaffheit

atonia

mancanza della forza normale

spierslapte

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæt.ə.ni/

Etymology

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”).