ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Paratonic

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Paratonic is an adjective meaning (medicine) Relating to paratonia.

Meaning

(medicine) Relating to paratonia.

More Meanings

  1. (botany) Retarding a plant's growth.
  2. (linguistics) Relating to paratones.

Example Sentences

A primary symptom in Parkinsonism, but also manifest at higher levels, as gegenhalten (paratonic rigidity), catatonic rigidity, hysterical rigidity, and neurotic rigidities and obstinacies.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include parathetic, parasympathicotonic, paratomic, parotidean, paronychial, paranotal.

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