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tono-

tono- prefix: tonus: muscle tone, or tension in an organ.

Prefix

tono-

  1. Tonus: muscle tone, or tension in an organ.
    • tonography, myotonometer, hypotonia
  2. Relating to tone in linguistics.
    • tonogenesis, tonomorpheme, tonomorphology
  3. Acoustic pitch or musical tone.
    • tonoscope, tonotopic, tonotopy
  4. Tension, tense, or stretched.
    • tonofibril, tonoplast

Origin of tono-

From Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “strain, tension, pitch”), from τείνω (teínō, “I stretch”).

Words formed from tono-

Questions about tono-

What does tono- mean?
Tono- means tonus: muscle tone, or tension in an organ.
What part of speech is tono-?
Tono- is a prefix.

Words near tono- in the dictionary

  1. tonnoidean
  2. tonnoideans
  3. Tonns
  4. Tonnu
  5. Tonnus
  6. tono-
  7. tonoexodus
  8. tonofibril
  9. tonofibrillar
  10. tonofibrils
  11. tonofilament

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