See Also: tono-(medicine)
tono-(dictionary)

tono- (iou)



tono- combining form.
[Greek tono- combining form of tonos TONE noun: see -O-.]
Stretching, tension, tone.
tonofibril noun (Cytology) a bundle of tonofilaments E20.
tonofi'brilla noun, pl. -llae [-li:], (a) Cytology = tonofibril; (b) Zoology a non-contractile fibril in an insect that passes from a myofibril through the epidermis into the cuticle: E20.
tono'filament noun (Cytology) each of the minute supportive or non-contractile filaments that occur in aggregated networks in the cytoplasm of many epithelial cells, esp. in the epidermis M20.
tonograph noun (Medicine) a recording tonometer L19.
tono'logical adjective of or pertaining to tonology M20.
to'nology noun the branch of linguistics that deals with tones and intonation in speech L19.
tonoplast noun (Botany) the membrane which bounds the chief vacuole of a plant cell L19.
tono'tactic adjective of or pertaining to tonotaxis E20.
tono'taxis noun (Biology) a taxic response to the osmotic condition of the surroundings L19.
tono'topic,
tono'topical adjectives (Anatomy) (of features of the auditory system) exhibiting a spatial correspondence with the frequency of heard sound M20.
tono'topically adverb in a tonotopic manner L20.