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hypertonus|haɪpəˈtəʊnəs|
[f. hyper- 5 + tonus.]
1. Ophthalm. A state of increased pressure of the intra-ocular fluid; = hypertension 1 b. Now rare.
1891F. P. Foster Med. Dict. III. 1944/1 Hypertonus, that condition of the eye in which the intra-ocular tension is increased, sometimes without any organic disease being present. 1918R. H. Elliot Glaucoma: Textbk. for Student v. 300 It would appear, then, that the thrombotic type of glaucoma possesses a very distinct inflammatory element; it thus comes into line with the hypertonus which we find secondary..to intra-ocular tumours.
2. Med. = hypertonia.
1904Rev. Neurol. & Psychiatry II. 775 The arms showed the typical muscular rigidity (hypertonus) of paralysis agitans, while the legs were markedly hypotonic. 1923J. F. H. Dally High Blood Pressure v. 65 To some extent raised blood pressure may be differentiated from arterial hypertonus by instrumental methods. 1924Brain XLVII. 333 General hypertonus may, however, be inferred from a slight increase of the tendon reflexes. 1950Physiol. Rev. XXX. 466 After the somnolence and plastic hypertonus had passed, marked poverty of movement still persisted. 1971Rasch & Burke Kinesiology (ed. 4) iv. 83 The limb is then said to be spastic. In man such hypertonus occurs only in the antigravity muscles. |