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Relating to sustained muscle tone or continuous contraction.
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- tonic contraction
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A tonic contraction stiffened the limb.
The therapist assessed tonic muscle activity.
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Primary category: horror. Forms: Comparative more tonic; superlative most tonic where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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