hypertonicity
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(of a solution) the extent to which a solution has a higher osmotic pressure than some other
Types & categories
- osmotic pressure hypernym
Related & opposite
- hypotonicity antonym
Sense 2 noun
(of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic
Types & categories
- tonicity hypernym
Related & opposite
- hypotonia antonym
- hypertonic derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | hypotonicity |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | osmotic pressure |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | hypotonia |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hypertonic |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | tonicity |