Look up: hypotonia

1. Hypotonia
   Hypotonia is a state of low muscle tone (the amount of tension or resistance to movement in a muscle), often involving reduced muscle strength. Hypotonia is not a specific medical disorder, but a potential manifestation of many different diseases and disorders that affect motor nerve control by the...
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2. hypotonia
   Limp, slack muscles in a baby.
   Found on http://www.babycentre.co.uk/glossary/h/
   
   
3. Hypotonia
   Reduced muscle tone, floppy
   Found on http://www.dwp.gov.uk/medical/med_condit
   
   
4. Hypotonia
   reduce muscle tone, which typically occurs with a lower motorneuron lesion
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5. Hypotonia
   Hypotonia: Decreased tone of skeletal muscles. In a word, floppiness. Hypotonia is a common finding in cerebral palsy and other neuromuscular disorders. Untreated hypotonia can lead to hip dislocation and other problems. Treatment is via physical therapy. In some cases braces may be needed to permit a full range of movement despite hypotonia.
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6. hypotonia
   a condition in which there is a diminuition or loss of muscular tonicity,in consequence of which the muscles may be stretched beyond their normal limits Category: Medicine
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7. hypotonia
   <neurology, physiology> A condition of diminished tone of the skeletal muscles, diminished resistance of muscles to passive stretching. ... Origin: Gr. Tonos = tone ... (11 Jan 1998) ...
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8. hypotonia
   (hi″po-to´ne-ә) diminished tone of the skeletal muscles; diminished resistance of muscles to passive stretching.
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9. hypotonia
   (hypo- + Gr. tonos tone + -ia) a condition of diminished tone of the skeletal muscles; diminished resistance of muscles to passive stretching.
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10. hypotonia
    hypotonia, hypotonus 1. A state of reduced pressure of the intra-ocular fluid. 2. A condition in which there is diminution or loss of muscular tonicity, resulting in the stretching of the muscles beyond their normal limits. 3. A condition of diminished tone of the skeletal muscles, resulting in th...
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11. Hypotonia
    Decreased muscle tone that causes the infant to appera limp. Common causes in the newborn include trauma during delivery, infection, chromosomal abnormalities, hemorrhage in the brain and drug effects.
    Found on http://www.pregnology.com/AZ/H/4
    
    
12. hypotonia
    Type: Term Pronunciation: hī′pō-tō′nē-ă Definitions: 1. Reduced tension in any part, as in the eyeball. 2. Relaxation of the arteries. 3. A condition in which there is a diminution or loss of muscular tonicity. Synonyms: hypotonicity1, hypotonus, hypotony
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