isotonically, adv. Physiol.
(aɪsəʊˈtɒnɪkəlɪ)
[f. prec.: see -ically.]
Under isotonic conditions (see isotonic a. 3).
| 1953 A. Szent-Györgyi Chem. Physiol. Contraction in Body & Heart Muscle ix. 52 Fig. 8..sums up the experience..on a widely varied material, registered both isotonically and isometrically, excited in different ways. 1970 Nature 16 May 656/1 The muscular activity was recorded isotonically on a kymograph. 1971 A. C. Guyton Basic Human Physiol. vii. 77/2 Muscles can contract both isometrically and isotonically in the body, but most contractions are actually a mixture of the two. |