hypertonia

Questions about hypertonia

What is another word for hypertonia?

It depends which hypertonia you mean. In the sense “(of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic”, the synonyms are hypertonus, hypertonicity. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of hypertonia?

The recorded antonym is hypotonia. Opposites are sense-specific too: this page shows which meaning each one is the opposite of, because a word rarely has a single opposite that holds for all of its senses.

Where do the synonyms for hypertonia come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of hypertonia

• Full entry for hypertoniaAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for hypertoniaWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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