Definitions for tonicity

tonicity to·nic·i·ty

Spelling: [toh-nis-i-tee]
IPA: /toʊˈnɪs ɪ ti/

Tonicity is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 101 anagrams from letters in tonicity (ciinotty).

Definitions for tonicity

noun

  1. tonic quality or condition.
  2. the state of bodily tone.
  3. Physiology. the normal elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc., by which the tone of the system is maintained.

Origin of tonicity

First recorded in 1815-25; tonic + -ity

Examples for tonicity

On the other hand, relaxation, while it may remove restraint, makes artistic control and tonicity impossible.

His sexual organs had completely regained their tonicity and without doubt, their virility.

The followers of this school forget that there can be no tonicity without tension.

There are innumerable grades of tonicity between the optimum and minimum.

The benefit derived from these various attempts to increase the tonicity of the gastric muscle is not very apparent.

A given plant-tissue may exist in widely different conditions of tonicity.

Word Value for tonicity
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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