Words Like TONICITY

We have put together a list of words that are similar to TONICITY.

15 Alternative Words Similar to tonicity

1 Tonus Noun      Synonym Words Like Tonus
2 Tone Noun      Synonym Words Like Tone
3 Tautness Noun      Synonym Words Like Tautness
4 Tenseness Noun      Synonym Words Like Tenseness
5 Tension Noun      Synonym Words Like Tension
6 Tensity Noun      Synonym Words Like Tensity
7 Atonicity Noun      Antonym Words Like Atonicity
8 Myotonia Noun      Hyponym Words Like Myotonia
9 Hypertonia Noun      Hyponym Words Like Hypertonia
10 Hypotonicity Noun      Hyponym Words Like Hypotonicity
11 Hypertonicity Noun      Hyponym Words Like Hypertonicity
12 Hypertonus Noun      Hyponym Words Like Hypertonus
13 Hypotonus Noun      Hyponym Words Like Hypotonus
14 Catatonia Noun      Hyponym Words Like Catatonia
15 Hypotonia Noun      Hyponym Words Like Hypotonia

9 definitions of tonicity

1 The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.
2 the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
3 Normal firmness or functional readiness in body tissues or organs.
4 The sustained partial contraction of resting or relaxed muscles.
5 In zoology, occasionally employed to denote the quality of dead, as well as living, tissue.
6 Tone; the state or property of possessing tone or of being tonic; specifically, in physiol; the elasticity of living parts—a property of the muscles which is distinct from true irritability, and determines the general tone of the solids.
7 In music. See the quotation.
8 The normal presence of tone or tension in a muscle or organ; tonus
9 The ability of a solution to exert an osmotic pressure upon a membrane
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