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Definition: Isotonic |
IsotonicAdjective1. Used of solutions; having the same or equal osmotic pressure. 2. Relating to or characterized by the equal intervals of the well-tempered scale; "isotonic tuning". 3. (physiology) of two or more muscles; having equal tension. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Isotonic \I`so*ton"ic\, adjective. [Iso- tonic.]. (references) |
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Health | A biological term denoting a solution in which body cells can be bathed without a net flow of water across the semipermeable cell membrane. Also, denoting a solution having the same tonicity as some other solution with which it is compared, such as physiologic salt solution and the blood serum. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
An isotonic cellular environment occurs when an equal solute concentration exists inside and outside the cell. When a cell is in an isotonic environment, the cell will not lose or gain any solutes.Isotonic muscle exercise is exercise during which the muscles remain under relatively constant tension, for example, in weightlifting.
‘Iso’ as a prefix is also used to describe balance, such as: Sharks are usually isoosmotic with the sea water.
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Synonym: IsotonicSynonym: isosmotic (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: hypertonic (adj), hypotonic (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Isotonic |
| English words defined with "isotonic": Ringer solution, Ringer's solution ♦ saline, saline solution. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "isotonic": Glucose Solution, Hypertonic. (references) |
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| "Wood In The Sky" by Andreas Schweiger Commentary: "From A Session With Isotonic At Appertschnig." |
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Health | Researchers at the NIH recently conducted a study of exercise in PPS, not only to determine if exercise is helpful, harmful, or ineffective, but also to define the most effective type -- isotonic, isometric, isokinetic, or repetitive. (references) | |
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| "Isotonic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 93.75% of the time. "Isotonic" is used about 32 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 93.75% | 30 | 63,341 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.25% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 32 | N/A |
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Expressions using "isotonic": isotonic contraction ♦ isotonic exercise ♦ isotonic solution ♦ Isotonic Solutions ♦ Isotonic system. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "isotonic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | isotonisk opløsning, isotonisk. (various references) | |
Dutch | isotonisch, isotoon. (various references) | |
Finnish | isotoninen suolaliuos (isotonic solution). (various references) | |
French | isotonique (sérum-). (various references) | |
German | isotonisch. (various references) | |
Greek | ισότονος ορός (isotonic solution), ισοτονικό διάλυμα (isotonic solution), ισοτονική συστολή (isotonic contraction), ισοτονική μυική συστολή (auxotonic muscle contraction, isometric muscle contraction, isotonic muscle contraction, muscle contraction). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שוה לחץ. (various references) | |
Italian | isotonico. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 等張 , アイソトープ治療 (ID card, idea, idea man, ideal, idealism, identification card, isolation, isolation syndrome, isolator, isometric, isometrics, isoparametric, isotope therapy, item, something that one "just has to have"). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | アイソトニック , とうちょう (attending a government office, bug, climbing to the summit, interception, island government office, parietal, Tang Dynasty, top of the head, vertex, wiretap). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | isotonicay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | isotónico. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | izotoničan. (various references) | |
Spanish | suero salino isotónico (isotonic solution), suero isotónico (isotonic solution), solución isotónica (isotonic solution), contracción muscular isotónica (auxotonic muscle contraction, isometric muscle contraction, isotonic muscle contraction, muscle contraction), contracción isotónica (isotonic contraction), bebida isotónica (energy drink, isotonic drink, smart drink), bebida energética (energy drink, isotonic drink, smart drink). (various references) | |
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Words beginning with "isotonic": isotonically, isotonicities, isotonicity. (additional references) | |
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"Isotonic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acutronic, ibotonic, isakovic, isocolic, isogonal, isotone, isotonics, isotonix, Isotron, istonic. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "isotonic" (pronounced ī'sutÄ"nik) |
| 6 | -u t Ä" n i k | catatonic, diatonic, platonic. |
| 5 | -t Ä" n i k | hypertonic, leptonic, planktonic, plutonic, tectonic, tonic. |
| 4 | -Ä" n i k | allophonic, avionic, bubonic, chronic, conic, demonic, electronic, embryonic, ganglionic, gnomonic, harmonic, hedonic, hegemonic, histrionic, hydroponic, hypersonic, ionic, ironic, isoelectronic, laconic, masonic, microelectronic, mnemonic, monophonic, nucleonic, ovonic, pharaonic, philharmonic, phonic, pneumonic, polyphonic, sardonic, sonic, supersonic, symphonic, synchronic, telephonic, ultrasonic. |
| 3 | -n i k | arsenic, beatnik, botanic, calisthenic, carcinogenic, clinic, cynic, Dominick, ethnic, eugenic, galvanic, germanic, hallucinogenic, inorganic, kibbutznik, manic, mechanic, messianic, monoclinic, multiethnic, neotenic, oceanic, organic, orogenic, panic, pathogenic, photogenic, polytechnic, psychogenic, pyrotechnic, refusenik, satanic, scenic, schizophrenic, splenic, Sputnik, technic, telegenic, Titanic, transgenic, transoceanic, tunic, tympanic, volcanic. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: coitions. | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-i-n-o-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: coition. | |
-2 letters: contos, ionics, nostoc, tocsin, tonics. | |
-3 letters: cions, coins, conto, coons, coots, icons, intis, ionic, ontic, scion, scoot, snoot, sonic, stoic, tonic, toons. | |
-4 letters: cion, cist, coin, coni, cons, coon, coos, coot, cost, cots, icon, inti, into, ions, nisi, nits, onto, oots, otic, scot, snit, snot, soon, soot, tics, tins, tons, toon. | |
-5 letters: cis. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-i-n-o-o-s-t" | |
+2 letters: coalitions, cognitions, conditions, cotillions, incognitos, octillions, sonication. | |
+3 letters: anisotropic, association, bilocations, carotinoids, cogitations, colonialist, compositing, composition, conniptions, contritions, convictions, dislocation, gongoristic, iconostasis, invocations, isotonicity, liposuction, mislocation, neologistic, nonfictions, oscillation, picrotoxins, pinocytosis, sonications, xenobiotics. | |
+4 letters: accordionist, anorthositic, associations, cardiotonics, chondroitins, coalitionist, codirections, colligations, collimations, colonialists, colonisation, combinations, comminations, comminutions, competitions, compilations, compositions, conciliators, conditionals, conditioners, confiscation, conflictions, conformities, conscription, consignation, consistorial, consistories, consociating, consociation, conspiration, constipation, constitution, constriction, covariations, craniotomies, deconditions, dislocations, dissociation, elocutionist, excoriations, fornications, iconoclastic, iconolatries, inoculations, inosculation, isotonically, liposuctions, mislocations, monopolistic, monotheistic, nonsocialist, officiations, onomastician, oscillations, ossification, periodontics, proscription, recognitions, reconditions, rhizoctonias, solicitation, solifluction. | |
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