noun

• The constant low-level activity of a body tissue, especially muscle tone.

  ‘increased tonus of the muscles about the eye’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Also, subjacent vascular smooth muscle cells increase their tonus.’
  • ‘Since then, I have always remembered the side effects of fentanyl, particularly the increase in sphincter tonus, and all my junior colleagues hear a ‘short lecture’ from me on the subject.’
  • ‘Upper airway patency during sleep is determined, in part, by the tonus of pharyngeal dilator muscles.’
  • ‘They also reported a decrease in uterine tonus and an increase in fetal movements.’
  • ‘Muscle tonus, measured by the EMG, is also often recorded since muscle tonus decreases within sleep.’