isotonic

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    (used of solutions) having the same or equal osmotic pressure
    relating to or characterized by the equal intervals of the well-tempered scale
    of or involving muscular contraction in which tension is constant while length changes
    of two or more muscles; having equal tension

Word Origin

isotonic (adj.)
1828, from Greek isotonos "of level pitch; equally stretched," from iso- (see iso-) + tonos (see tenet).

Example

1. An isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water .
2. Effects of isotonic and resistance exercises on the natriuretic peptide in plasma .
3. The research and development of a device for making sterile isotonic solution .
4. We say that sea water is isotonic to their cytoplasm .
5. They can be either isotonic or hypertonic solutions .

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