adj
Meaning 1
Having a greater osmotic pressure than another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hypertonic
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adj
Meaning 2
Having a very high muscular tension; spastic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
(of a solution) having a higher osmotic pressure than a comparison solution
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: isotonic, hypotonic
adjective
Meaning 4
(of living tissue) in a state of abnormally high tension
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- hypertonic muscle tissue
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: hypotonic
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *tónos Proto-Hellenic *tónos Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek τονῐκός (tonĭkós) English tonic English hypertonic From hyper- + tonic.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 高渗 (gāoshèn) — having a greater osmotic pressure
- Czech: hypertonický — having a greater osmotic pressure
- German: hyperton — having a greater osmotic pressure
- German: hypertonisch — having a greater osmotic pressure
- Irish: hipeartonach — having a greater osmotic pressure
- Russian: гипертони́ческий (gipertoníčeskij) — having a greater osmotic pressure