See Also: Isotonic(medicine)
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isotonic (iou)



isotonic adjective. E19.
[from Greek isotonos of equal tension or tone, formed as ISO- + tonos TONE noun: see -IC.]
1. Music. Of a system of tuning: characterized by equal intervals, as equal temperament (see TEMPERAMENT noun 9). E19.
2. Physiology. Designating or pertaining to a solution having the same osmotic pressure as some particular solution (esp. that in a cell, or a body fluid). (Foll. by with.) L19.
3. Physiology. Of, pertaining to, or designating muscular action in which the muscle contracts more or less freely. L19.
isotonically adverb (Physiology) under isotonic conditions M20.
isotonicity noun (a) the property or state of being equal in osmotic pressure; (b) the osmotic pressure (of the blood): L19.