tonicity

tonicity
/toh nis"i tee/, n.
1. tonic quality or condition.
2. the state of bodily tone.
3. Physiol. the normal elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc., by which the tone of the system is maintained.
[1815-25; TONIC + -ITY]

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