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paratonic

paratonic adjective: relating to paratonia.

Adjective

paratonic (comparative more paratonic, superlative most paratonic)

  1. Relating to paratonia.
    • A primary symptom in Parkinsonism, but also manifest at higher levels, as gegenhalten (paratonic rigidity), catatonic rigidity, hysterical rigidity, and neurotic rigidities and obstinacies.1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
  2. Retarding a plant's growth.
  3. Relating to paratones.

Forms of paratonic

comparativemore paratonic
superlativemost paratonic

Origin of paratonic

From para- + tonic. In specific use in the medical sense, after French paratonique. In the botanical sense, after German paratonisch.

Questions about paratonic

What does paratonic mean?
Paratonic means relating to paratonia.
What part of speech is paratonic?
Paratonic is an adjective.

Words near paratonic in the dictionary

  1. paratone
  2. paratones
  3. Paratong
  4. paratonia
  5. paratonias
  6. paratonic
  7. paratonically
  8. paratope
  9. paratopes
  10. paratopic
  11. paratopological

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