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hypertonic (iou)



hypertonic adjective. M19.
[from HYPER- + TONIC adjective.]
1. Medicine. (Of muscle) in a state of abnormally great tone or tension; of or characterized by muscle in such a state. M19.
2. Physiology. Having a higher osmotic pressure than some particular fluid (usually that in a cell, or a body fluid). L19.
hypertonicity noun the condition of being hypertonic; the extent to which a solution has a higher osmotic pressure than another: L19.