-tonia

1. a combining form with the meaning “muscle tension, nerve tension,” as specified by the initial element (hypertonia ); used also in the formation of words that denote more generally a personality type or personality disorder (catatonia; somatotonia ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of -tonia¹

See tone, -ia

Example Sentences

“Chimp Crazy” star Tonia Haddix on Thursday was sentenced to 46 months in prison.

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In a letter to Phillips, committee chair Tonia Antoniazzi said: "The shocking scale of violence against women and girls in Northern Ireland, highlighted by the harrowing experiences we heard of those who are forced to put up with it daily, cannot be tolerated any longer."

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The Labour MP for Gower, Tonia Antoniazzi, led the call to decriminalise the 1% of abortions that happen after 24 weeks, saying these were "desperate women" who need "compassion not criminalisation".

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Labour MPs Tonia Antoniazzi and Stella Creasy have tabled rival amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill, both aimed at ending police investigations into abortion under a 164-year-old Victorian law.

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Tonia Antoniazzi's amendment aims to prevent women from being investigated, arrested, prosecuted or imprisoned for terminating their own pregnancies.

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