Isotonic vs. Hypertonic

Isotonicadjective

(of two solutions) having the same osmotic pressure

Isotonicadjective

(of a medical solution) Having the same concentration of solutes as human blood.

Isotonicadjective

(of two muscles) having equal tension

Isotonicadjective

(physiology) Of or involving muscular contraction against resistance in which the length of the muscle changes. Antonym is isometric. Isotonic movements are either concentric (working muscle shortens) or eccentric (working muscle lengthens). See also Wikipedia:Isotonic (exercise physiology)

Isotonicadjective

(music) Having the same tone.

Isotonicadjective

Having or indicating, equal tones, or tension.

Isotonicadjective

Having an osmotic pressure (tonicity) equal to that of a reference solution; - of aqueous solutions. Contrasting with hypotonic and hypertonic. See hypertonic.

Isotonicadjective

(of a solution) having a lower osmotic pressure than a comparison solution

Isotonicadjective

relating to or characterized by the equal intervals of the well-tempered scale;

Isotonicadjective

of or involving muscular contraction in which tension is constant while length changes

Isotonicadjective

of two or more muscles; having equal tension

Hypertonicadjective

(of a solution) having a greater osmotic pressure than another

Hypertonicadjective

(anatomy) having a very high muscular tension; spastic

Hypertonicnoun

Having a higher osmotic pressure than a comparison solution; - of an aqueous solution. Increasing the concentration of dissolved solids increases the osmotic pressure, and thus the tonicity of a solution. Opposite of hypotonic and contrasting with isotonic.

Hypertonicnoun

Having an osmotic pressure greater than that of blood plasma, which is approximately that of a 0.2 normal solution of sodium chloride. Cells taken from a medium of normal physiological osmolality and placed in a hypertonic medium will shrink.

Hypertonicnoun

in a state of abnormally high tension; - of muscle.

Hypertonicadjective

(of living tissue) in a state of abnormally high tension;

Hypertonicadjective

(used of solutions) having the same or equal osmotic pressure

Hypertonicadjective

having a higher osmotic pressure than a particular fluid, typically a body fluid or intracellular fluid.

Hypertonicadjective

of or in a state of abnormally high muscle tone.