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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tonus \To"nus\, noun [L. a sound, tone. See {Tone}.] (Physiol.) Tonicity, or tone; as, muscular tonus.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tonus
noun: the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity" [syn: {tonicity}, {tone}] [ant: {atonicity}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "tonus": adaptability, bounce, bounciness, buoyance, buoyancy, elasticity, extensibility, flexibility, give, liveliness, rebound, resilience, resiliency, responsiveness, snap, spring, springiness, stretch, stretchability, stretchiness, tone, tonicity
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