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hypotonia, hypotonus
1. A state of reduced pressure of the intra-ocular fluid.
2. A condition in which there is diminution or loss of muscular tonicity, resulting in the stretching of the muscles beyond their normal limits.
3. A condition of diminished tone of the skeletal muscles, resulting in the diminished resistance of muscles to passive stretching.
4. The condition (in muscle or muscular tissue) of being hypotonic.
This entry is located in the following units: hypo-, hyp- (page 13) tono-, -tonia, -tone, -tony, -tonic, -tonical (tension) + (page 2)