1. A musical sound. 2. The character of the voice expressing an emotion. 3. The tension present in resting muscles. 4. Firmness of the tissues; normal functioning of all the organs. 5. To perform toning. [G. tonos, t., or a t.]
- feeling t. the mental state (pleasure, repugnance, etc.) that accompanies every act or thought. SYN: affective t., emotional t., affectivity.
- Traube double t. a double sound heard on auscultation over the femoral vessels in cases of aortic and tricuspid insufficiency.
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tone 'tōn n
1) a sound of definite pitch and vibration
2 a) the state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor
tone vt, toned; ton·ing to impart tone to <\tone the muscles>
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(tōn) [Gr. tonos; L. tonus] 1. the normal degree of vigor and tension. 2. tonus. 3. a particular quality of sound or of voice. 4. to make permanent, or to change, the color of silver stain by chemical treatment, usually with a heavy metal.Medical dictionary. 2011.