tonicity

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tonicity - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tonicity \To*nic"i*ty\, n. (Physiol.)
     The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle
     fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.
     [1913 Webster]

tonicity - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tonicity
      n 1: the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that
           facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my
           tonicity" [syn: tonicity, tonus, tone] [ant:
           amyotonia, atonia, atonicity, atony]