тонус

Borrowed from Latin tonus, a transliteration of Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “rope, tension”). Doublet of тон (ton) and tone. Akin to native Bulgarian тъ́нък (tǎ́nǎk, “thin”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɔnos]

то́нус • (tónus) m

1. (physiology) tone, beat, vigor

   жи́знен то́нус ― žíznen tónus ― vital tone

• тонизи́рам (tonizíram, “to tonicize”)
• то́ник (tónik, “tonic”)
  • тони́чен (toníčen, “tonal”)

• “тонус”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “тонус”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɔnus]

тонус • (tonus) m

1. (physiology) tone

Borrowed from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos). See also тон (ton).

• IPA^(key): [ˈtonʊs]

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то́нус • (tónus) m inan (genitive то́нуса, uncountable)

1. (physiology, medicine) tone

   мы́шечный то́нус

   mýšečnyj tónus

   muscle tone

2. energy, vigour

   жи́зненный то́нус

   žíznennyj tónus

   vitality