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a) Having a lower osmotic pressure than another.b) Having less than normal tension.
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hypotonic — 1873, from HYPO (Cf. hypo ) + TONIC (Cf. tonic) … Etymology dictionary
hypotonic — [hī΄pō tän′ik, hī΄pətän′ik] adj. 1. having abnormally low tension or tone, esp. of the muscles 2. having an osmotic pressure lower than that of an isotonic solution hypotonicity [hī΄pōtə nis′ə tē, hī΄pətə nis′ə tē] n … English World dictionary
hypotonic — adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1895 1. having deficient tone or tension < hypotonic children > 2. having a lower osmotic pressure than a surrounding medium or a fluid under comparison < hypotonic organisms > •… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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. SYN: h … Medical dictionary
hypotonic — having a lower concentration relative to the environment, e.g. a marine teleost is hypotonic to its environment (and hence tends to lose water and gain salts). Opposite of hypertonic … Dictionary of ichthyology
hypotonic — Osmotic potential less than that of living cells. Cells placed in a hypotonic solution will absorb water and display swelling and turgidity. Opposite: hypertonic … Glossary of Biotechnology
hypotonic solution — hypotonic solution. См. гипотонический раствор. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
hypotonic syndromes — a group of syndromes involving inadequate water excretion in comparison to the amount ingested, so that body fluids become hypotonic and hyponatremic; some are due to excessive water intake as in water intoxication, while others are caused by… … Medical dictionary
hypotonic solution — hipotoninis tirpalas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Tirpalas, kurio osmosinis slėgis mažesnis už lyginamojo tirpalo slėgį. atitikmenys: angl. hypotonic solution rus. гипотонический раствор … Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
hypotonic — Of a fluid, having a concentration that will cause osmotic shrinkage of cells immersed in it. Not necessarily hypo osmotic … Dictionary of molecular biology
hypotonic — hypotonicity /huy poh toh nis i tee/, n. /huy peuh ton ik/, adj. 1. Physiol. (of tissue) having less than the normal tone. 2. Physical Chem. noting a solution of lower osmotic pressure than another solution with which it is compared (opposed to… … Universalium
