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antitension

antitension adjective: countering muscular tension.

Adjective

antitension (not comparable)

  1. Countering muscular tension.
    • The patient is urged to wear antitension tapes for 6 months or even longer if cessation of tape application at that time is followed by any widening of the scar.1977, Clinics in Plastic Surgery, volume 4, number 2, page 271

Origin of antitension

From anti- + tension.

Questions about antitension

What does antitension mean?
Antitension means countering muscular tension.
What part of speech is antitension?
Antitension is an adjective.

Words near antitension in the dictionary

  1. antitemperance
  2. antitemplate
  3. antitemplates
  4. antitemporal
  5. antitennis
  6. antitension
  7. antiteratogenesis
  8. antiteratogenic
  9. antiterminate
  10. antiterminated
  11. antiterminates

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