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hypertonia

hypertonia noun: an abnormal increase in tightness of muscle tone, common in cerebral palsy.

Noun

hypertonia (countable and uncountable, plural hypertonias)

  1. An abnormal increase in tightness of muscle tone, common in cerebral palsy.

hypertonia meaning in Tamil

hypertonia in Tamil

அதிவிறைப்பு

Forms of hypertonia

pluralhypertonias

Origin of hypertonia

From New Latin hypertonia, from hyper- + Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos) + -ia. By surface analysis, hyper- + -tonia.

Questions about hypertonia

What does hypertonia mean?
Hypertonia means an abnormal increase in tightness of muscle tone, common in cerebral palsy.
What is hypertonia in Tamil?
Hypertonia in Tamil is அதிவிறைப்பு. See Hypertonia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hypertonia?
Hypertonia is a noun.
What is the plural of hypertonia?
The plural of hypertonia is hypertonias.

Words near hypertonia in the dictionary

  1. hyperthyroxinemic
  2. hypertime
  3. hypertimes
  4. hypertolerance
  5. hypertolerant
  6. hypertonia
  7. hypertonias
  8. hypertonic
  9. hypertonically
  10. hypertonicities
  11. hypertonicity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hypertonia (page history and authors); hypertonia (Tamil 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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