Explain hypertonic, isotonic and hypotenuse
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Hypertonic Meaning in
BIOLOGY
having a higher osmotic pressure than a particular fluid, typically a body fluid or intracellular fluid.
2.
PHYSIOLOGY
of or in a state of abnormally high muscle tone.
Isotonic Meaning in
Physiology
1. (of muscle action) taking place with normal contraction.
2.
denoting or relating to a solution having the same osmotic pressure as some other solution, especially one in a cell or a body fluid.
(of a drink) containing essential salts and minerals in the same concentration as in the body and intended to replace those lost as a result of sweating during vigorous exercise.
Origin
early 19th century (as a musical term designating a system of tuning, characterized by equal intervals): from Greek isotonos, from isos ‘equal’ + tonos ‘tone’.
Hypotenuse meaning
the longest side of a right-angled triangle, opposite the right angle.
Origin
late 16th century: via Latin hypotenusa from Greek hupoteinousa (grammē) ‘subtending (line)’, from the verb hupoteinein (from hupo ‘under’ + teinein ‘stretch’).