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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]