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hypotonia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hypotonicity, hypotonus |
| Type of | tone, tonicity, tonus |
| Derivation | hypotonic |
Examples of hypotonia
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Scoliosis generally affects the spine and hypotonia affects the muscles.
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It can cause something known as hypotonia, where all your muscles just become very flaccid.
From the edition.cnn.com
Poor muscle tone, also known as hypotonia, growth problems and developmental delays are common.
From the washingtonpost.com
Hypotonia may worsen a dyspraxic's already poor balance.
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Some of these individuals have hypotonia and tremors.
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Additionally, lower motor neurons are characterized by muscle weakness, hypotonia, hyporeflexia and muscle atrophy.
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This is known as hypotonia.
From the bbc.co.uk
In addition, these children had seizures and hypotonia, or low muscle tone, characteristics that are not normally associated with autism.
From the sciencedaily.com
This causes a variety of elementary neurological deficits, such as antagonist hypotonia, asynergy, dysmetria, dyschronometria, and dysdiadochokinesia.
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- (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic
- Hypotonia is a state of low muscle tone (the amount of tension or resistance to movement in a muscle), often involving reduced muscle strength. ...
- Low muscle tone causing floppiness, as in a child with the congenital form of myotonic dystrophy
- Low muscle tone, not to be confused with muscle strength, implies a certain amount of looseness or floppiness of joints.
- Abnormally decreased tonicity, tension or strength; ocular hypotony refers to low intraocular pressure.
- Reduced tension; relaxation of arteries; loss of tonicity of the muscles or intraocular pressure.
- Low muscle tone, this is often seen with Autism patients.
- A neurologic condition of low tone, that is, floppiness
- Lack of muscle tone. Hypotonia is a common clinical feature of Down syndrome.
