hypotonic
Lower solute concentration
Hypotonic describes a solution with lower concentration of dissolved substances than another solution, typically a cell's interior.
When cells are placed in hypotonic fluid, water moves into them by osmosis, causing them to swell: Red blood cells burst in hypotonic solutions.
The term appears in biology and medicine, contrasting with hypertonic (higher concentration) and isotonic (equal concentration).
Reduce by adding solvent
- dilutedMade weaker by adding liquid
- salineSalt-water solution
- intravenousInto the vein
- rehydrationReplacing lost water
electrolyte · concentration · distilled · aqueous · infusion · solvent · IV · fluid
Solvent crossing semipermeable barrier
- semipermeableAllowing partial passage
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- cellularComposed of small units
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
lysis · cytolysis · turgor · turgid · absorption · hydration · permeability · aquaporins
Soft, lacking firmness
- floppyLacking rigidity, bending easily
- weakLacking power or force
- atrophyWasting from disuse
- paresisPartial loss of movement
asthenia · laxity · debilitated · enervation · infirmity · underdeveloped · slackness · limp
dilute
Reduce by adding solvent
- dilutedMade weaker by adding liquid
- salineSalt-water solution
- intravenousInto the vein
rehydration · electrolyte · concentration · distilled · aqueous · infusion · solvent · IV · fluid · sodium
osmosis
Solvent crossing semipermeable barrier
- semipermeableAllowing partial passage
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- cellularComposed of small units
swelling · lysis · cytolysis · turgor · turgid · absorption · hydration · permeability · aquaporins · influx
flaccid
Soft, lacking firmness
paresis · asthenia · laxity · debilitated · enervation · infirmity · underdeveloped · slackness · limp · saggy
- muscle conditionstoned, flexed, relaxed, tense, tight
- scientific adjectivesalkaline, ionic, aquatic, inorganic, metallic
- Osmoregulationosmoregulation, osmosis, osmotic pressure, water balance, electrolyte balance
- osmosisosmosis, osmotic pressure, semipermeable membrane, semipermeable, osmometer
- Chemical PropertiespH, acidity, alkalinity, solubility, reactivity
- solutionssolution, answer, fix, remedy, cure