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atony
1. Lack of bodily tone or muscle tone; slackness, debility.
2. Lack of normal tone (tension) or strength (in muscles, etc.).
atony (s) (noun), atonies (pl)
1. A lack of energy or muscular weakness; especially, in a contractile organ.
2. Inadequate tension in a muscle; flaccidity.
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