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Dictionary: to·nus   ('nəs) pronunciation

n., pl., -nus·es.
Body or muscular tone; tonicity.

[Latin, tone. See tone.]


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Latin term that can mean a church mode (e.g. primus tonus), a plainchant recitation formula (e.g. tonus lectionum) or a whole tone (the interval of a major 2nd).



Tone or tonicity; the slight, continuous contraction of a muscle, which in skeletal muscles aids in the maintenance of posture and in the return of blood to the heart.

Translations: Tonus
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - muskelspænding

Nederlands (Dutch)
tonus (spanning van weefsel)

Français (French)
n. - tonus, forme

Deutsch (German)
n. - Spannkraft, Muskeltonus

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυσιολ.) μυϊκός τόνος

Italiano (Italian)
tono

Português (Portuguese)
n. - espasmo tônico (m), tono (m), tonicidade (f)

Русский (Russian)
(мед.) тонус

Español (Spanish)
n. - tono, tonicidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - muskelspänning

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
肌肉的强直性, 强直性痉挛

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 肌肉的強直性, 強直性痙攣

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 긴장

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 緊張

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) توتر ألعضله ألسويه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מתח, איתנות, מתיחות מתמדת קלה בשריר המקלה על תגובתו לגירוי‬


 
 
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