Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Determined by growth: in botany, applied to those movements of plants which are the result of growth, in distinction from those of matured organs influenced by stimulation. See
allassotonic .
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- adjective botany Relating to plant movement classified by growth as opposed to mature reactions to exogenous stimuli in surrounding environment. Antonym: allassotonic
- adjective physiology Of or involving
muscular contraction againstresistance in which thelength of the muscle changes and the tension differs due to an increasing load or difference in leverage. Antonym in regard to movement isisometric . Antonym in regard to tonus isisotonic . Tonic movements (auxo or iso) are eitherconcentric (working muscle shortens) oreccentric (working muscle lengthens).
Etymologies
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auxo- (“increase, growth”) + tonic
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