paratonic

English

Etymology

From para- +‎ tonic. In specific use in the medical sense, after French paratonique. In the botanical sense, after German paratonisch.[1]

Adjective

paratonic (comparative more paratonic, superlative most paratonic)

  1. (medicine) Relating to paratonia.
    • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
      A primary symptom in Parkinsonism, but also manifest at higher levels, as gegenhalten (paratonic rigidity), catatonic rigidity, hysterical rigidity, and neurotic rigidities and obstinacies.
  2. (botany) Retarding a plant's growth.
  3. (linguistics) Relating to paratones.

References

  1. ^ “paratonic, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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