What are some examples for hypotonic solution and its components?
Hypotonic actually stems from the early British invention of
Tonic Water. Hypo, meaning "low," describes a Tonic Water that
would have been stored on the bottom shelf. These were typically
known to be of a lesser quality than the top shelf tonics, or
"hyper" tonics. Therefore, hypotonic simply describes a lower
quality solution, versus hypertonic, which describes a higher
quality solution.