English to Maltese Meaning of atony - atony

Atony :

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Definitions of atony in English

Noun(1) lack of normal muscular tension or tonus

Examples of atony in English

(1) The highest levels of intoxication can be life-threatening, producing delirium, coma, atonic bladder and cardiac arrhythmias.(2) In Portuguese, vowels have stressed (tonic) and unstressed ( atonic ) forms.(3) In this kind of metric versification, neither the actual number of the syllables nor the difference between tonic and atonic syllables had much importance.(4) In Poliomyelitis the greatest possible care must be taken to prevent bruising atonic muscle fibers.(5) Another complication suffered by these patients is bladder atony , in which the muscles of the bladder lose their tone.(6) The absence of bowel sounds for a full 5 minutes strongly suggests the existence of intestinal atony or ileus, which has many causes.(7) This color can be seen frequently in chronic diseases of the stomach, especially in gastric atony .(8) This in turn leads to gastric atony , floating kidney, hernia, rectal prolapse, uterine prolapse and other forms of prolapse.(9) Postpartum uterine atony and hemorrhage can be effectively prevented with the use of oxytocin, but the optimal dosage and route of administration have not been established.(10) Atonic and tonic seizures are characterized by a sudden change in muscle tone.(11) Following the birth of the neonate, the placenta was delivered and the patient began to experience severe hemorrhage, which was clinically attributed to uterine atony .

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2. amyotonia ::

amyotonia

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