ADJECTIVE
- (of living tissue) lacking normal tone or tension
- (of a solution) having a lower osmotic pressure than a comparison solution
How To Use hypotonic In A Sentence
- Risk factors associated with positional head deformity are premature birth, hypotonic muscle disorders, congenital torticollis, and intrauterine constraint (such as in multiple gestation or oligohydramnios).
- It can be seen that human sweat is actually hypotonic ie it contains a lower salt concentration than the plasma.
- On arrival, at 3 hours of age, he was hypotonic with tonic seizures of the upper extremities and bilaterally fixed, dilated pupils.
- Hypotonic urine, to aid osmoregulation, is produced with needed ions being reabsorbed in the midgut. Insecta (Aquatic)
- The infant with botulism becomes progressively weak, hypotonic and hyporeflexic, showing bulbar and spinal nerve abnormalities.
- Vasopressin continued to act in patients excreting isotonic or hypertonic urine, so hypotonic intake must be avoided in them.
- After 15 min five drops of methanol/acetic acid were added to the hypotonic solution to begin cell fixation.
- To collect the cells, the cultures were centrifuged and treated with hypotonic solution for 30 min at 37°C.
- Hypotonic urine, to aid osmoregulation, is produced with needed ions being reabsorbed in the midgut. Insecta (Aquatic)
- About 5 ml of hypotonic solution was added.
