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词根词缀:tono-, ton-, -tonia, -tonic, -tonous, -tony (sound)

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: sound, tone; [Greek tonos, "that which is stretched, a stretching, a straining, a pitch of the voice, a musical note"]

【同源单词】aerotonometer, aerotonometry, atonal, atonic, barytone, detonate

词根词缀:tono-, -tonia, -tone, -tony, -tonic, -tonical (tension)

【来源及含义】Greek: tonos = tension, pressure

【相关描述】The element tono- is a combining form with the meanings "stretching", "tension", "tone", used in the formation of compound words.

The suffix element -tonia is a combining form with the meanings of "muscle tension" or "nerve tension"; as specified by the initial element: hypertonia; used also in the formation of words that denote more generally a personality type or personality disorder; for example, catatonia and somatotonia.

【同源单词】amyotonia, amyotonic, angiohypertonia, angiohypotonia, atonia, atonic