atony

Borrowed from New Latin atonia, from Ancient Greek ἀτονία (atonía, “languor”), from ἄτονος (átonos, “languid”), from ἀ- (a-, “privative”) + τόνος (tónos, “accent”), from τείνειν (teínein, “to stretch”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈæt.ə.ni/

atony (uncountable)

1. Lack of muscle tone; flaccidity or atonia

• atonic

• atony in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• atony in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• atony at OneLook Dictionary Search

• Tonya, ayont, tonya