Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
(of a solution) the extent to which a solution has a higher osmotic pressure than some other;
2.
(of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic;
[syn: hypertonia, hypertonus, hypertonicity]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hypertonicity
n 1: (of a solution) the extent to which a solution has a higher
osmotic pressure than some other [ant: hypotonicity]
2: (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic [syn:
hypertonia, hypertonus, hypertonicity] [ant:
hypotonia, hypotonicity, hypotonus]