"tono-" meaning in English

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Prefix

Etymology: From Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “strain, tension, pitch”), from τείνω (teínō, “I stretch”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|τόνος||strain, tension, pitch}} Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “strain, tension, pitch”), {{m|grc|τείνω||I stretch}} τείνω (teínō, “I stretch”) Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} tono-, {{en-prefix}} tono-
  1. (medicine) Tonus: muscle tone, or tension in an organ. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-tono--en-prefix-en:tonus Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 33 3 19 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (linguistics) Relating to tone in linguistics. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-tono--en-prefix-en:toneme Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  3. Acoustic pitch or musical tone. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-tono--en-prefix-en:pitch
  4. Tension, tense, or stretched. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-tono--en-prefix-en:tension
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

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