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)

So long as the line of gravity falls within the area of the feet, the muscular effort required is so slight that it is little more than the tonicity contained in all living muscle.

From The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene by Galbraith, Anna M. (Anna Mary)