hypotonic
American Heritage Dictionary:
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hy·po·ton·ic
(hī'pō-tŏn'ĭk) 
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adj.
- Pathology. Having less than normal tone or tension, as of muscles or arteries.
- Chemistry. Having the lower osmotic pressure of two fluids.
Oxford Food & Nutrition Dictionary:
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hypotonic
A solution more dilute than the body fluids, see isotonic.
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1. Applied to an external fluid which causes cells to increase in volume.
2. Applied to sports drinks that have a salt concentration less than that of the body fluids.
3. Applied to conditions below normal tension or tone.
Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry:
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hypotonic
- (of a solution) having a lower osmotic pressure than that of some given solution, particularly the fluid in or surrounding a given type of cell or a body fluid.
- (of a muscle) showing or characterized by diminished tone or tension. Compare hypertonic.
| hypothyroidism, hypothetical protein, hypothalamus | |
| hypovolemia, hypox, hypoxanthine |
Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
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hypotonic
1. having an abnormally reduced tonicity or tension.
2. having an osmotic pressure lower than that of the solution with which it is compared.
- h. dehydration — occurs when there is secretory loss of sodium from the intestinal epithelium, e.g. salmonellosis, in osmolar excess of the concurrent fluid loss. See also dehydration.
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