atonic
Lacking muscular tension
Atonic means lacking normal tone or tension.
In medicine, atonic muscles are weak and flaccid, unable to contract properly: atonic bladder, atonic seizures (where muscles suddenly go limp rather than rigid).
In linguistics, an atonic syllable or word carries no stress or accent.
The word is technical and uncommon outside these specialized contexts.
Unit of pronunciation
- schwaNeutral unstressed vowel
- prosodyStudy of verse rhythm
- phoneticsStudy of speech sounds
- accentRegional speech pattern
vowel · stress · phoneme · pronunciation · articulation · linguistics · elision · cadence
Decreased muscle tone condition
- flaccidSoft, lacking firmness
- paresisPartial loss of movement
- muscleContractile body tissue
- paralysisLoss of muscle function
atrophy · myopathy · neuropathy · dystrophy · neurological · weakness · laxity · dysfunction
syllable
Unit of pronunciation
accent · vowel · stress · phoneme · pronunciation · articulation · linguistics · elision · cadence · inflection
hypotonia
Decreased muscle tone condition
paralysis · atrophy · myopathy · neuropathy · dystrophy · neurological · weakness · laxity · dysfunction · impairment
lethargic
Lacking energy or alertness
sluggish · inert · listless · weak · feeble · limp · drooping · lacking · lifeless · drained
atonictonic
Invigorating medicinal drink
hypertonic · tense · spastic · rigid · contracted
- Day of AtonementSolemn Jewish repentance observance
- atonement theologyDoctrine of reconciliation with God
- atonal musicMusic without key
atone, atonement, atonal, atoning, atoned, atoner, atoners, atones, atonality