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hypertonic (adj.)

"with excessive tension or tone," 1809, from hyper- "over, exceedingly, to excess" + tonic. Related: Hypertonia; hypertonicity.

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hyper- 
word-forming element meaning "over, above, beyond," and often implying "exceedingly, to excess," from Greek hyper (prep. and adv.) "over, beyond, overmuch, above measure," from PIE root *uper "over."
tonic (adj.)
1640s, "relating to or characterized by muscular tension," from Greek tonikos "of stretching," from tonos "a stretching," from PIE root *ten- "to stretch." The meaning "maintaining the healthy firmness of tissues" is recorded from 1680s, first extended 1756 to "having the property of restoring to health." Related: Tonical (1580s).

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Definitions of hypertonic

hypertonic (adj.)
(of living tissue) in a state of abnormally high tension;
hypertonic muscle tissue
hypertonic (adj.)
(of a solution) having a higher osmotic pressure than a comparison solution;
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