tonus

How To Use tonus In A Sentence

• William Cullen (1712-90) accepting irritability as his starting-point, supposes a "tonus" or fluid inherent in the nerves (Newton's ether), whose stronger or weaker motions produce either a spasm or atony. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman
• Muscle tone is increased, producing the characteristic trismus, ‘risus sardonicus,’ and opisthotonus.
• His cruelty won him the name of Bulgaroctonus, Slayer of the Bulgars.
• a centre for the tonus which is directed against the sagittal axis of the body, i.e. «inwards» and also a centre for the tonus away from this axis, i.e. «outwards». Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1914 - Presentation
• Au bout de 5 ou dix minutes d'attente interminable, je recupere un peu de tonus musculaire mais je suis affreusement crevé. Pinku-tk Diary Entry
• Upper airway patency during sleep is determined, in part, by the tonus of pharyngeal dilator muscles.
• A: During treatment, avoid phototonus food ( such as celery, leek, caraway & etc ) and phototonus drugs. For sensitivity skin allergy.
• If one performs the same experiment with the tongue, many hours must elapse before a similar reaction occurs, and even the slightest blood supply is adequate to maintain tonus. August Krogh - Nobel Lecture
• They also reported a decrease in uterine tonus and an increase in fetal movements.
• This tonus is influenced by the stimulation of the vestibular apparatus in the regular manner already indicated. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1914 - Presentation