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adjective
Atonic  adj.  
1.
(Med.) Characterized by atony, or lack of vital energy; as, an atonic disease.
2.
(Gram.) Unaccented; as, an atonic syllable.
3.
Destitute of tone vocality; surd.





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"Atonic" Quotes from Famous Books



... of Spanish verses (none from drama), by arbitrarily assuming three contiguous atonic syllables to be equal to-[/-]-(with secondary stress on the middle syllable), gave the following results (cf. Romanic Review, Vol. III, ...
— Modern Spanish Lyrics • Various
... selected for bowel action. It may ofttimes be necessary, and it is far less harmful, to insert a glycerine suppository into the rectum, than to get into the enema habit. The injection of a large quantity of water into the lower bowel will mechanically empty it; but the effects are atonic and depressing as regards ...
— The Mother and Her Child • William S. Sadler
... getting shorter, and the hot weather is over for good, I hope. I usually like autumn on the prairie, but the thought of fall, this year, doesn't fill me with any inordinate joy. I'm unsettled and atonic, and it's just as well, I fancy, that ...
— The Prairie Mother • Arthur Stringer


Words linked to "Atonic" :   tonic, atonicity, atony, atonia


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