n, pl  -ties  :  the condition esp. of a bodily fluid of having abnormally high osmolarity < occurs in dehydration, uremia, and hyperglycemia with or without ketoacidosis -R. W. P. Cutler>  hy*per*os*mo*lar adj 
 
 
 
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