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
But if stimulation of the brain does not paralyze, it must increase the tonicity of the vaso-motor centre, and hence the force and regularity of the circulation.
From The Education of American Girls by Anna C. (Anna Callender) Brackett
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 Anna M. (Anna Mary) Galbraith
