Definitions for atonic

atonic a·ton·ic

Spelling: [uh-ton-ik, ey-ton-]
IPA: /əˈtɒn ɪk, eɪˈtɒn-/

Atonic is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 133 anagrams from letters in atonic (acinot).

Definitions for atonic

noun

  1. Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.

adjective

  1. Phonetics. unaccented. Obsolete. voiceless.
  2. Pathology. characterized by atony.

Origin of atonic

1720-30; a-6 + tonic; in pathology sense, aton(y) + -ic

Examples for atonic

Exhaustion of the nerves of organic life strongly predisposes to the atonic forms of dyspepsia.

In general terms it may be said that all conditions of depressed vitality predispose to the varied forms of atonic dyspepsia.

These express simply certain states of the system with which atonic dyspepsia is so frequently found associated.

During the periods of calm, on the contrary, the left side also is atonic.

Some of these general conditions were pointed out while speaking of atonic forms of dyspepsia.

Firstly, they are of use in simple debility and in atonic dyspepsia.

Like atonic dyspepsia, gastralgia is apt to affect anmic persons, and notably anmic females at menstrual periods.

Buchard claims that atonic dilatation of the stomach is a very frequent result of an adynamic state of the general system.

The largest number of cases of atonic dilatation is met with between thirty and forty years of age.

An excellent medicine in chlorosis, hysteria, and atonic amenorrha.

Word Value for atonic
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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