tono-

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See also: tono, tonò, tönö, and to'no

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Etymology[edit]

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

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tono-

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

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tono-

  1. tono-

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