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hypotony

Syllables: hy·po·to·nyUK/haɪˈpɒtəni/US/haɪˈpɑtəni/

hypotony is the alternative form of hypotonia.

Meaning of hypotonia

Noun

hypotonia (countable and uncountable, plural hypotonias)

  1. A state of reduced pressure of the intraocular fluid.
  2. An abnormal loss of muscle tone.

Origin of hypotony

An anglicized form.

Words that rhyme with hypotony

Questions about hypotony

What is hypotony the alternative form of?
Hypotony is the alternative form of hypotonia.
How do you pronounce hypotony?
Hypotony is pronounced /haɪˈpɒtəni/ (UK).

Words near hypotony in the dictionary

  1. hypotonization
  2. hypotonize
  3. hypotonized
  4. hypotonous
  5. hypotonus
  6. hypotony
  7. hypotoxic
  8. hypotoxicity
  9. hypotrabeculated
  10. hypotrabeculation
  11. hypotraceable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hypotony (page history and authors); hypotonia (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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