paratonic

English

Etymology 1

paratonia +‎ -ic

Adjective

paratonic (comparative more paratonic, superlative most paratonic)

  1. (medicine) Relating to paratonia.
    • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
      A primary symptom in Parkinsonism, but also manifest at higher levels, as gegenhalten (paratonic rigidity), catatonic rigidity, hysterical rigidity, and neurotic rigidities and obstinacies.

Etymology 2

paratone +‎ -ic

Adjective

paratonic (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics) Relating to paratones.

Etymology 3

para- +‎ tonic

Adjective

paratonic (comparative more paratonic, superlative most paratonic)

  1. Retarding a plant's growth.

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