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Definition of 'tonus'

English

Noun

  • (biology) tonicity; tone
  • muscular tonus
  • * 1956 , Personal character and cultural milieu: a collection of readings
  • Dr. H. S. Sullivan, for example, is known to many for his acute understanding of the postural tonuses of his patients.
    (Webster 1913) ----