auxotonic
English
adj
Definitions
- (botany) Relating to plant movement classified by growth as opposed to mature reactions to exogenous stimuli in surrounding environment.
- (physiology) Of or involving muscular contraction against resistance in which the length of the muscle changes and the tension differs due to an increasing load or difference in leverage.
Etymology
Prefix from English tonic.
Origin
English
tonic
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antitonic English
- atonic English
- bitonic English
- cardiotonic English
- cerebrotonic English
- enneatonic English
- epitonic English
- eutonic English
- heptatonic English
- heterotonic English
- hexatonic English
- homotonic English
- hypertonic English
- hypotonic English
- intertonic English
- isotonic English
- nontonic English
- normotonic English
- octatonic English
- oxytonic English
- pentatonic English
- phlebotonic English
- polytonic English
- posttonic English
- pretonic English
- serotonin English
- subtonic English
- supertonic English
- tone English
- tonic English
- tonically English
- tonicify English
- tonicity English
- tonicization English
- tonicize English
- uterotonic English
- vasotonic English
- venotonic English
- viscerotonic English
- tonic French
- 湯力水 Chinese
- tone
- tonic
- atonic
- bitonic
- eutonic
- nontonic
- tonicity
- subtonic
- isotonic
- pretonic
- tonicize
- oxytonic
- epitonic
- tonicify
- serotonin
- polytonic
- hexatonic
- hypotonic
- vasotonic
- octatonic
- antitonic
- tonically
- posttonic
- venotonic
- homotonic
- normotonic
- supertonic
- enneatonic
- pentatonic
- intertonic
- uterotonic
- hypertonic
- heptatonic
- heterotonic
- phlebotonic
- cardiotonic
- viscerotonic
- tonicization
- cerebrotonic