atony

English - Turkish

Definition of atony in English Turkish dictionary

atoni

dermansızlık

(Tıp) Zaaf, kuvvetsizlik, takatsizlik, atoni

{i} kuvvetsizlik

{i} zafiyet

gergi yitimi

Related Terms

gastric atony

mide atonisi

uterine atony

uterus atonisi

bladder atony

(Tıp) mesane atonisi

English - English

Definition of atony in English English dictionary

Lack of muscle tone; flaccidity or atonia

lack of normal muscular tension or tonus

Want of tone; weakness of the system, or of any organ, especially of such as are contractile

{i} muscular weakness; limpness; lack of stress (Phonetics)

Hyphenation

a·to·ny

Etymology

[ 'a-t&n-E ] (noun.) 1693. From New Latin atonia Ancient Greek ἀτονία (“languor”) ἄτονος (“languid”) ἀ- (“privative”) + τόνος (“accent”) τείνειν (“to stretch”).