atonicity

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English

Etymology

From atonic +‎ -ity.

Noun

atonicity (usually uncountable, plural atonicities)

  1. The property of being atonic.
    • 1940, Carter Harrison Downing, Simplified Spinal Technique, page 3:
      Gross Anatomical — in the form of contractures, atonicities, hypertrophies, hyperplasms, atrophies, fatty infiltrations, tumors, etc.