Hypotonic Solutions:

Terms Related to Hypotonic Solutions

• Hypertonic Solutions

  Solutions that have a greater osmotic pressure than a reference solution such as blood, plasma, or interstitial fluid.

• Mitochondrial Swelling

  Increase in volume of mitochondria due to an influx of fluid; it occurs in hypotonic solutions due to osmotic pressure and in isotonic solutions as ...

• Osmotic Fragility

  Red blood cell sensitivity to change in osmotic pressure. When exposed to a hypotonic concentration of sodium in a solution, red cells take in more ...

• Osmotic Pressure

  The pressure required to stop osmosis through a semipermeable membrane between a solution and pure solvent. It is proportional to the osmolality of the solution. ...

• Saline Fragility

  Red blood cell sensitivity to change in osmotic pressure. When exposed to a hypotonic concentration of sodium in a solution, red cells take in more ...

• Osmotic Shock

  The pressure required to stop osmosis through a semipermeable membrane between a solution and pure solvent. It is proportional to the osmolality of the solution. ...

• Ophthalmic Solutions

  Sterile solutions, essentially free from foreign particles and suitably compounded and dispensed, for instillation into the eye. It does not include solutions for cleaning eyeglasses ...