Associations to the word «Hypertonia»

Wiktionary

HYPERTONIA, noun. (medicine) An abnormal increase in tightness of muscle tone, common in cerebral palsy.

Dictionary definition

HYPERTONIA, noun. (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic.

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne