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hypertonic

hypertonic adjective: having a greater osmotic pressure than another.

Adjective

hypertonic (comparative more hypertonic, superlative most hypertonic)

  1. Having a greater osmotic pressure than another.
  2. Having a very high muscular tension; spastic.

hypertonic meaning in Tamil

hypertonic in Tamil

அதியழுத்த, அதிவிறைத்த, அழுத்தமிகு, உயர் உப்படர்வு

Antonyms of hypertonic

Forms of hypertonic

comparativemore hypertonic
superlativemost hypertonic

Origin of hypertonic

From hyper- + tonic.

Words formed from hypertonic

Questions about hypertonic

What does hypertonic mean?
Hypertonic means having a greater osmotic pressure than another.
What is hypertonic in Tamil?
Hypertonic in Tamil is அதியழுத்த, அதிவிறைத்த, அழுத்தமிகு. See Hypertonic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hypertonic?
Hypertonic is an adjective.

Words near hypertonic in the dictionary

  1. hypertimes
  2. hypertolerance
  3. hypertolerant
  4. hypertonia
  5. hypertonias
  6. hypertonic
  7. hypertonically
  8. hypertonicities
  9. hypertonicity
  10. hypertonus
  11. hypertopological

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hypertonic (page history and authors); hypertonic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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