hypertonia

Questions about hypertonia

What does hypertonia mean?

hypertonia means "(of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic".

How many syllables are in hypertonia?

hypertonia has 5 syllables: hy-per-to-ni-a. The stress falls on "to".

What is another word for hypertonia?

Close synonyms include hypertonus, hypertonicity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of hypertonia?

The recorded antonyms are hypotonia.

Is hypertonia a common word?

hypertonia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.