"muscle tone" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} muscle tone (uncountable)
  1. (physiology) The continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles, which helps maintain posture. Wikipedia link: muscle tone Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Physiology Translations (the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles): 肌張力 (Chinese Mandarin), 肌张力 (jīzhānglì) (Chinese Mandarin), jänteys (Finnish), lihasjänteys (Finnish), tonus (Finnish), tonus musculaire [masculine] (French), Muskeltonus [masculine] (German), izomtónus (Hungarian), teannas matán [masculine] (Irish), 筋緊張 (sujikinchō) (alt: すじきんちょう) (Japanese), tonusa masûlkeyan [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), tônus muscular [masculine] (Portuguese), tonus muscular [neuter] (Romanian), тон (ton) [masculine] (Russian), tono muscular [masculine] (Spanish), м'я́зови́й то́нус (mʺjázovýj tónus) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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