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tonicity

/təˈnɪsɪti/

tonicity noun: the normal presence of tone or tension in a muscle or organ; tonus.

Noun

tonicity (plural tonicities)

  1. The normal presence of tone or tension in a muscle or organ; tonus
  2. The ability of nonpenetrable solutes in a solution to exert an osmotic pressure upon a membrane

tonicity meaning in Tamil and Bengali

tonicity in Tamil

தொடர்ந்த தசை வலிப்பு, உரமூட்டுந்தன்மை, உறமுள்ள, தொனியுள்ள, வலுவான

tonicity in Bengali

টোনাস

Forms of tonicity

pluraltonicities

Origin of tonicity

From tonic + -ity.

Words formed from tonicity

Questions about tonicity

What does tonicity mean?
Tonicity means the normal presence of tone or tension in a muscle or organ; tonus.
What is tonicity in Tamil?
Tonicity in Tamil is தொடர்ந்த தசை வலிப்பு, உரமூட்டுந்தன்மை, உறமுள்ள. See Tonicity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tonicity?
Tonicity is a noun.
How do you pronounce tonicity?
Tonicity is pronounced /təˈnɪsɪti/.
What is the plural of tonicity?
The plural of tonicity is tonicities.

Words near tonicity in the dictionary

  1. tonicified
  2. tonicifies
  3. tonicify
  4. tonicifying
  5. tonicities
  6. tonicity
  7. tonicization
  8. tonicizations
  9. tonicize
  10. tonicized
  11. tonicizes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tonicity (page history and authors); tonicity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tonicity (Bengali 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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