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tensio

tensĭo, ōnis, f. [tendo], a stretching, stretching out, extension (post-Aug. and very rare).
  • I In gen.: papilionum, a setting up, pitching, Hyg. Gromat. init.— Plur.: bracchia, quae in eas tensiones includuntur, Vitr. 1, 1 med.—
  • II In partic., a tension or contraction of the nerves, as a disease: nervorum, Scrib. Comp. 101; 255: praecordiorum, id. ib. 260; Veg. Vet. 1, 53 fin.

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