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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Tonicity \To*nic"i*ty\, noun (Physiol.) The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

tonicity

noun

1: the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity" [syn: {tonus}, {tone}] [ant: {atonicity}]

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