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Tonicity, or tone; as, muscular tonus.

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  1. n. Tonicity, or tone; as, muscular tonus.
  2. n. the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
  3. n:100 n the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli