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hyperisotonic (medicine) and colon(1) (iou)


hyperisotonic (medicine)


hyperisotonic -->
hypertonic


Of a fluid, sufficiently concentrated to cause osmotic shrinkage of cells immersed in it. Note that a mildly hyperosmotic solution is not necessarily hypertonic for viable cells, that are capable of regulating their volumes by active transport.

See: hypotonic, isotonic.


colon(1) (iou)



colon noun1. LME.
[Latin from Greek kolon, (also) Food, meat.]
Anatomy. The greater part of the large intestine extending from the caecum to the rectum. Formerly (popularly), the belly, the guts.
sigmoid colon: see SIGMOID adjective 2. transverse colon: see TRANSVERSE adjective.