AMYOTONIA Antonyms

• an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle

• a condition characterized by excessive restlessness and movement

• (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic

• the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending

• the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe

• the quality of moving or acting in spasms

• the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend

• the property of moving with pain or difficulty

• firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action

• the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

• excessive sternness

• (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense

• the physical condition of being stretched or strained

• a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature)

• (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body

• feelings of hostility that are not manifest

• the action of stretching something tight

• an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages

• a sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses

• the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli