isotonic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Having the same osmotic pressure.
Having the same concentration of solutes as human blood.
Having equal tension.
Of or involving muscular contraction against resistance in which the length of the muscle changes. Antonym is isometric. Isotonic movements are either concentric (working muscle shortens) or eccentric (working muscle lengthens). See also Wikipedia:Isotonic (exercise physiology)
Having the same tone.

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isotonic

From iso- + tonic.

hypotonic hypertonic

anisotonic isotonically isotonic contraction isotonicity

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