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Hypertonic

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a greater osmotic pressure than another.
  2. 2
    Having a very high muscular tension; spastic.
Adjective
  1. 1
    (of a solution) having a higher osmotic pressure than a comparison solution wordnet
  2. 2
    (of living tissue) in a state of abnormally high tension wordnet

Etymology

From hyper- + tonic.

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