tonicity

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They have no way of controlling their tonicity.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

A solution's tonicity often directly correlates with the osmolarity of the solution.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The measure of the tonicity of a solution, or the total amount of solutes dissolved in a specific amount of solution, is called its osmolarity.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

It should be recognized that after ether and chloroform anesthesia, especially after chloroform, the heart muscle may be disturbed and the tonicity be lost.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)

Parallel with opportunities for proper stimuli and response the nervous system must possess good tonicity, or vigor.

From The Mind and Its Education by Betts, George Herbert