tonicity vs myotonia
myotonia vs tonicitytonicity and myotonia both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| tonicity | Yes | No | No | No |
| myotonia | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
myotonia is a hyponym of
tonicity; that is, myotonia is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
tonicity:
- tonicity: the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
- myotonia: abnormally long muscular contractions; slow relaxation of a muscle after a contraction
Other hyponyms of tonicity include
catatonia, muscle tone, muscular tonus, hypertonia, hypertonicity, hypertonus, hypotonia, hypotonicity, hypotonus.
| tonicity (noun) | myotonia (noun) |
|---|---|
| the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli | abnormally long muscular contractions; slow relaxation of a muscle after a contraction |
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