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The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.

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  1. n. The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.
  2. n. the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
  3. The state of healty tension or partial contraction of muscle fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.
  4. The state of healty tension or partial contraction of musclefibers while at rest; tone; tonus.
  5. n. the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli