How do you use Atonia in a sentence? See 2 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like atony or condition, plus the exact meaning.
Atonia in a sentence
Atonia meaning
Lack of muscle tone.
Using Atonia
- The main meaning on this page is: Lack of muscle tone.
- Useful related words include: atonicity, atony, amyotonia, condition.
Context around Atonia
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Atonia
- In this selection, "atonia" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, muscular and muscle stand out and add context to how "atonia" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include from muscular atonia in rem and or muscle atonia. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "atonia" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with atonia
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Reptiles have quiescent periods more similar to mammalian sleep, but do not exhibit REM or muscle atonia. (17 words)
Functional paralysis from muscular atonia in REM may be necessary to protect organisms from self-damage through physically acting out scenes from the often-vivid dreams that occur during this stage. (31 words)
Functional paralysis from muscular atonia in REM may be necessary to protect organisms from self-damage through physically acting out scenes from the often-vivid dreams that occur during this stage. (31 words)
Reptiles have quiescent periods more similar to mammalian sleep, but do not exhibit REM or muscle atonia. (17 words)
Example sentences (2)
Functional paralysis from muscular atonia in REM may be necessary to protect organisms from self-damage through physically acting out scenes from the often-vivid dreams that occur during this stage.
Reptiles have quiescent periods more similar to mammalian sleep, but do not exhibit REM or muscle atonia.