antitension

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ tension.

Adjective

antitension (not comparable)

1. (surgery) Countering muscular tension.
   • 1977, Clinics in Plastic Surgery, volume 4, number 2, page 271:

     The patient is urged to wear antitension tapes for 6 months or even longer if cessation of tape application at that time is followed by any widening of the scar.

Anagrams

• intensation