tonicity
English
/təˈnɪsɪti/
noun
Definitions
- (medicine) The normal presence of tone or tension in a muscle or organ; tonus
- (sciences) The ability of a solution to exert an osmotic pressure upon a membrane
Etymology
Suffix from English tonic.
Origin
English
tonic
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antitonic English
- atonic English
- auxotonic English
- bitonic English
- cardiotonic English
- cerebrotonic English
- enneatonic English
- epitonic English
- eutonic English
- heptatonic English
- heterotonic English
- hexatonic English
- homotonic English
- hypertonic English
- hypotonic English
- intertonic English
- isotonic English
- nontonic English
- normotonic English
- normotonicity English
- octatonic English
- oxytonic English
- pentatonic English
- phlebotonic English
- polytonic English
- posttonic English
- pretonic English
- serotonin English
- subtonic English
- supertonic English
- tone English
- tonic English
- tonically English
- tonicify English
- tonicization English
- tonicize English
- uterotonic English
- vasotonic English
- venotonic English
- viscerotonic English
- tonic French
- 湯力水 Chinese
- tone
- tonic
- atonic
- bitonic
- eutonic
- nontonic
- subtonic
- isotonic
- pretonic
- tonicize
- oxytonic
- epitonic
- tonicify
- serotonin
- polytonic
- hexatonic
- hypotonic
- vasotonic
- octatonic
- antitonic
- tonically
- posttonic
- venotonic
- auxotonic
- homotonic
- normotonic
- supertonic
- enneatonic
- pentatonic
- intertonic
- uterotonic
- hypertonic
- heptatonic
- heterotonic
- phlebotonic
- cardiotonic
- viscerotonic
- tonicization
- cerebrotonic
- normotonicity