Definition of "atony" []

• Lack of normal muscle tone. (noun)
• Lack of accent or stress. (noun)

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• "The risk of bleeding from uterine atony is minimized by coordination between the surgeon and anesthesiologist to decrease the concentration of inhalation anesthetic and to administer oxytocin to contract the uterus before cutting the umbilical cord."
• "To overcome this "atony" of two or more feet of the lower bowel, a little "nutritious" suppository, weighing twenty grains, is a"
• "Its authors have discovered that the "rectal nerve-tissues" are hungry, torpid, anemic, and to overcome the "atony" they must be "_Fed!"