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

Increased arterial tone or tonicity necessitates greater cardiac effort, to overcome the resistance, and hypertrophy of the heart must follow.

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

The followers of this school forget that there can be no tonicity without tension.

From The Renaissance of the Vocal Art by Myer, Edmund