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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. (of a solution) the extent to which a solution has a lower osmotic pressure than some other;

2. (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic;
[syn: hypotonia, hypotonus, hypotonicity]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hypotonicity n 1: (of a solution) the extent to which a solution has a lower osmotic pressure than some other [ant: hypertonicity] 2: (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic [syn: hypotonia, hypotonus, hypotonicity] [ant: hypertonia, hypertonicity, hypertonus]