tonicity

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His sexual organs had completely regained their tonicity and without doubt, their virility.

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But if stimulation of the brain does not paralyze, it must increase the tonicity of the vaso-motor centre, and hence the force and regularity of the circulation.

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To this normal state of oppositional contraction the name "muscular tonicity" is given.

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When the brain is weary, when it begins to lose its elasticity and freshness, there will be the same lack of tonicity and strength in the brain product.

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A certain tonicity of the muscles has indeed often been observed in homosexual women.

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