isotonic solutions

  • 1isotonic solutions — izotoniniai tirpalai statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Tirpalai, kurių osmosinis slėgis vienodas. atitikmenys: angl. isotonic solutions rus. изотонические растворы …

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  • 2Isotonic — The term isotonic may refer to; * Isotonic muscle exercise and Weight training * Isotonic (exercise physiology) for the term associated with muscle contraction * An isotone in nuclear physics * Isotonic solutions, solutions that have equal… …

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  • 3isotonic — 1. Relating to isotonicity or isotonia. 2. Having equal tension; denoting solutions possessing the same osmotic pressure; more specifically, limited to solutions in which cells neither swell nor shrink. Thus, a solution that is isosmotic with… …

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  • 4Isotonic — I so*ton ic, a. [Iso + tonic.] 1. Having or indicating, equal tones, or tension. [1913 Webster] 2. (Physiology, Biochemistry) Having an osmotic pressure (tonicity) equal to that of a reference solution; of aqueous solutions. Contrasting with… …

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  • 5Isotonic system — Isotonic I so*ton ic, a. [Iso + tonic.] 1. Having or indicating, equal tones, or tension. [1913 Webster] 2. (Physiology, Biochemistry) Having an osmotic pressure (tonicity) equal to that of a reference solution; of aqueous solutions. Contrasting… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 6isotonic — Solutions with the same osmotic potential, as a result of being of the same molar concentration. For protoplasts to avoid losing or gaining water, the medium they are suspended in must be isotonic with them. See: hypertonic, hypotonic, osmosis …

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  • 7isotonic — adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1891 1. of, relating to, or being muscular contraction in the absence of significant resistance, with marked shortening of muscle fibers, and without great increase in muscle tone… …

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  • 8isotonic — isotonicity /uy seuh teuh nis i tee/, n. /uy seuh ton ik/, adj. 1. Also, isosmotic. Physical Chem. noting or pertaining to solutions characterized by equal osmotic pressure. Cf. hypertonic (def. 2), hypotonic (def. 2). 2. Physiol …

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  • 9isotonic — adj. 1) describing solutions that have the same osmotic pressure. See: osmosis 2) describing muscles that have equal tonicity …

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  • 10isotonic — i•so•ton•ic [[t]ˌaɪ səˈtɒn ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) chem. of or pertaining to solutions with equal osmotic pressure 2) phl Physiol. a) phl of or pertaining to a muscular contraction in which the muscle shortens while tension increases, as in continuous… …

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