| tonic | a medicine that strengthens and invigorates |
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| tonic | (music) the first note of a diatonic scale |
| tonic | a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring |
| tonic | lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine |
| tonic | imparting vitality and energy |
| tonic | used of syllables |
| tonic | relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale |
| tonic | employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words |
| tonic | (physiology) of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue |
| tonic | emphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness |
| tonic | epilepsy in which the body is rigid during the seizure |
| tonic | a system of solmization using the solfa syllables: do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti |