• Tonus

    Origin

    From Latin tonus ("a sound, tone"). See tone.

    Full definition of tonus

    Noun

    tonus

    (countable and uncountable; plural tonuss)
    1. (biology) tonicity; tonemuscular tonus
      • 1956, Personal character and cultural milieu: a collection of readingsDr. H. S. Sullivan, for example, is known to many for his acute understanding of the postural tonuses of his patients.
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