HYPOTONICITY

hypotonia, hypotonus, hypotonicity

(noun) (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic

hypotonicity

(noun) (of a solution) the extent to which a solution has a lower osmotic pressure than some other

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hypotonicity (countable and uncountable, plural hypotonicities)

The quality of being hypotonic.

Source: Wiktionary



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27 December 2024

OBLIGATE

(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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