adj :  HYPERTONIC 2 <the concentrated solution is … … to the dilute solution -K. F. Guthe>  <the blood and tissues of elasmobranch fishes are to seawater>  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  pris·mat·ic 
 
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