atony

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin atonia, from Ancient Greek ἀτονία (atonía, “languor”), from ἄτονος (átonos, “languid”), from ἀ- (a-, “privative”) + τόνος (tónos, “accent”), from τείνω (teínō, “to stretch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæt.ə.ni/

Noun

atony (usually uncountable, plural atonies)

1. Lack of muscle tone; flaccidity or atonia

Related terms

• atonic

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: atonia (ca) f
• Czech: atonie (cs) f
• Esperanto: atonio
• French: atonie (fr) f
• Italian: atonia (it) f
• Polish: atonia (pl) f
• Russian: атония (ru) f (atonija)
• Serbo-Croatian: atonija (sh) f
• Spanish: atonía f

Further reading

• “atony”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “atony”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “atony”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Ayton, Tonya, ayont, tonya