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Meanings of atony in English

Russian
атония
Spanish
atonia

Muscle losing its strength.

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          атония

          Lack of normal muscular tension or tonus.

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              Examples for "atonia"
              Examples for "atonia"
              1
              Complete recovery of atonia was observed in one cat after 3 weeks.
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              2
              Results: Four patients with Alzheimer disease presented REM sleep with-out atonia.
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              3
              Muscle atonia and low-voltage desynchronized cortical activity during REM sleep did not change.
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              4
              Other experiments have focused on the muscle atonia of paradoxical sleep.
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              5
              Bilateral electrolytic lesions of the medial-lateral pontine tegmentum created a syndrome of REM sleep without atonia.
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              Usage of atony in English
              1
              Joy is the vital air of the soul, and grief is a kind of asthma complicated by atony.
              Leaves of Life, for Daily Inspiration
              2
              The predominant cause was uterine atony.
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              3
              Only 2 dose-response studies investigated the required oxytocin dose to prevent uterine atony after cesarean delivery for labour arrest.
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              Translations for atony
              Atony through the time