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Medical Definition of Hyperisotonic
1. Of a fluid, sufficiently concentrated to cause osmotic shrinkage of cells immersed in it. Note that a mildly hyperosmotic solution is not necessarily hypertonic for viable cells, that are capable of regulating their volumes by active transport. See: hypotonic, isotonic. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
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