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Hypertonic Moderate

Hypertonic has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

(of living tissue) in a state of abnormally high tension

"hypertonic muscle tissue"

2

(of a solution) having a higher osmotic pressure than a comparison solution

3

Having a greater osmotic pressure than another.

See Also
tonicity hypertonicity eutonic nonhypertonic osmotic pressure spastic muscular isotonic
Related Terms
Antonyms
hypotonic isosmotic
Rhyming Words
nic danic zanic kinic sinic panic vinic yonic eonic tunic punic xenic ionic sonic monic manic nonic cynic conic genic
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