"tonicify" meaning in English

See tonicify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: tonicifies [present, singular, third-person], tonicifying [participle, present], tonicified [participle, past], tonicified [past]
Etymology: From tonic + -ify. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tonic|ify}} tonic + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} tonicify (third-person singular simple present tonicifies, present participle tonicifying, simple past and past participle tonicified)
  1. (pharmacy) To increase the tonicity of a solution Categories (topical): Pharmacy
    Sense id: en-tonicify-en-verb-p41kfNkJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify

Inflected forms

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