'hypertonicity' definitions:
Definition of 'hypertonicity'
(from WordNet)
noun
(of a solution) the extent to which a solution has a higher osmotic pressure than some other [ant: hypotonicity]
noun
(of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic [syn: hypertonia, hypertonus, hypertonicity] [ant: hypotonia, hypotonicity, hypotonus]