atonic
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He then developed atonic seizures, in which his muscle lost tone — his muscles would go limp and he would drop to the ground.
From Nature ● Jul. 8, 2014
Falls during his atonic seizures resulted in head injuries, so he started to wear a helmet.
From Nature ● Jul. 8, 2014
Aloe is bitter and astringent, and is used under prescription for some cases of menstrual irregularities, chronic constipation, atonic dyspepsia and worms.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus he was a complete man, and deserved the disdain of dilettantes morally dead, and of mystics scientifically atonic.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
Its springs are mild, helpful for cases of hysteria and atonic dyspepsia; and the nervous, middle-aged females who frequent it find a grateful sedative in the air and surroundings as well as in the springs.
From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Edwin Asa Dix
