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Definition of Isotonic

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

2. Adjective. Relating to or characterized by the equal intervals of a musical scale. "Isotonic tuning"

3. Adjective. Of or involving muscular contraction in which tension is constant while length changes.

4. Adjective. Of two or more muscles; having equal tension.

Definition of Isotonic

1. a. Having or indicating, equal tones, or tension.

Definition of Isotonic

1. Adjective. (context: of two solutions) having the same osmotic pressure ¹

2. Adjective. (context: of a medical solution) Having the same concentration of solutes as human blood. ¹

3. Adjective. (context: of two muscles) having equal tension ¹

4. Adjective. (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) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Isotonic

1. of equal tension [adj]

Medical Definition of Isotonic

1. A biological term denoting a solution in which body cells can be bathed without a net flow of water across the semipermeable cell membrane. Also, denoting a solution having the same tonicity as some other solution with which it is compared, such as physiologic salt solution and the blood serum. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Isotonic

isothiazole isothiazoles isothiazolidine isothiazolidines isothiazolidinium isothiazolinone isothiazolinones isothiocyanate isothiocyanates isothiourea

isothipendyl isothiuronium isotone isotones isotonia isotonic (current term) isotonic coefficient isotonic contraction isotonic exercise isotonic solution

isotonic solutions isotonic traction isotonically isotonicities isotonicity isotope isotope clearance isotope dilution isotope dilutions isotope labeling

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