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atony 
  n 
1  (Pathol) lack of normal tone or tension, as in muscles; abnormal relaxation of a muscle 
2  (Phonetics) lack of stress or accent on a syllable or word 
  (C17: from Latin atonia, from Greek: tonelessness, from atonos slack, from a-1 + tonos tone) 

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