Abnormally decreased muscle tension or tone affecting one half or one side of the body.
From 'hemi-' (half) + 'hypo-' (under/decreased) + Greek 'tonos' (tension), describing unilateral muscle weakness or flaccidity in neurological conditions.
Hemihypotonia is the opposite problem of hemihypertonia—instead of muscles being too tight, they're too loose and floppy on one side, like that side of your body forgot how to hold itself up properly after a brain or spinal cord injury.
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