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tonicity - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'tonicity' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tonicity [ n.]
- The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.

Meaning of 'tonicity' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tonicity [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
Example in sentence:
  • the doctor tested my tonicity