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hypotonic
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Hypotonic
a comparison between two solutions, indicating that one has a lower osmotic pressure, or is less salty than the other.
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hypotonic
[adj] - (of living tissue) lacking normal tone or tension 2. [adj] - of a solution Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=hypotonic
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hypotonic
Compare with osmotic pressure. Describes a solution which has lower osmotic pressure than some other solution (usually, lower osmotic pressure than cell or body fluids). Washing your contact lenses with distilled water rather than saline is painful because distilled water is hypotonic; it causes wat... Found op http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/glossary/h.shtml
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hypotonic
Of a fluid, having a concentration that will cause osmotic shrinkage of cells immersed in it. Not necessarily hypo-osmotic.
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hypotonic
1. Having a lesser degree of tension. ... 2. Having a lesser osmotic pressure than a reference solution, which is ordinarily assumed to be blood plasma or interstitial fluid; more specifically, refers to a fluid in which cells would swell. ... Synonym: hypoisotonic. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?hypotonic
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hypotonic
adjective (of a solution) having a lower osmotic pressure than a comparison solution Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hypotonic
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hypotonic
(hi-po-ton´ik) having abnormally reduced tonicity or tension. having an osmotic pressure lower than that of the solution with which it is compared. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
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hypotonic
hypotonic 1. Having a lesser degree of tension. 2. Having a lesser osmotic pressure than a reference solution, which is ordinarily assumed to be blood plasma or interstitial fluid; more specifically, it refers to a fluid in which cells would swell. Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1020/12
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Hypotonic
- a comparison between two solutions, indicating that one has a lower osmotic pressure, or is less salty than the other. Found op http://www.eclipse.co.uk/moordent/page5.html
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hypotonic
Type: Term Pronunciation: hī′pō-ton′ik Definitions: 1. Having a lesser degree of tension. 2. Having a lesser osmotic pressure than a reference solution, which is ordinarily assumed to be blood plasma or interstitial fluid; more specifically, refers to a fluid in which cells wou... Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=43114
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hypotonic
A solution having a low concentration of solute. Found op http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/biobookglossh.html
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hypotonic
1) Low in tension, as muscles Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/hypotonic/1
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