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hypertonia

hy·per·to·nia

uncommon

noun

1.

(of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic

Origin

From New Latin hypertonia, from hyper- + Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos) + -ia. By surface analysis, hyper- + -tonia.

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