paratonic

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.

Anagrams

• anatropic, apocritan