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atony

/ˈæt.ə.ni/

atony noun: lack of muscle tone; flaccidity or atonia.

Noun

atony (usually uncountable, plural atonies)

  1. (usually) Lack of muscle tone; flaccidity or atonia

atony meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

atony in Tamil

தசை செயலிழந்த நிலை, உரன்குறை, உறுதிக்குறை

atony in Urdu

عدم اتکا, سستی, ضعف, کمزوری, ناتوانی, نقاہت

atony in Bengali

পেশির টানের অভাব, শিথিলতা, অ্যাটোনিয়া

Forms of atony

pluralatonies

Origin of atony

Borrowed from New Latin atonia, from Ancient Greek ἀτονία (atonía, “languor”), from ἄτονος (átonos, “languid”), from ἀ- (a-, “privative”) + τόνος (tónos, “accent”), from τείνω (teínō, “to stretch”).

Questions about atony

What does atony mean?
Atony means lack of muscle tone; flaccidity or atonia.
What is atony in Tamil?
Atony in Tamil is தசை செயலிழந்த நிலை, உரன்குறை, உறுதிக்குறை. See Atony meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is atony?
Atony is a noun.
How do you pronounce atony?
Atony is pronounced /ˈæt.ə.ni/.
What is the plural of atony?
The plural of atony is atonies.

Words near atony in the dictionary

  1. atonics
  2. atonies
  3. atoning
  4. atoningly
  5. Atons
  6. atony
  7. atoothfairyist
  8. atoothfairyists
  9. atop
  10. atopen
  11. atopens

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: atony (page history and authors); atony (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); atony (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); atony (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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