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tonical

/ˈtɒnɪkəl/

tonical adjective: tonic.

Adjective

tonical (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) tonic
    • For station is properly no rest, but one kind of motion, relating unto that which physicians (from Galen) do name extensive or tonical; that is, an extension of the muscles and organs of motion, maintaining the body at length, or in its proper figure.1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Questions about tonical

What does tonical mean?
Tonical means tonic.
What part of speech is tonical?
Tonical is an adjective.
How do you pronounce tonical?
Tonical is pronounced /ˈtɒnɪkəl/.

Words near tonical in the dictionary

  1. tonic immobility
  2. tonic tensor tympani syndrome
  3. tonic water
  4. tonic waters
  5. tonic-clonic
  6. tonical
  7. tonically
  8. tonicified
  9. tonicifies
  10. tonicify
  11. tonicifying

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