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What causes a cell to swell? Isotonic solution or hypotonic solution or hypertonic solution

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In hypotonic solutions, there is a net movement of water from the solution into the body. A cell placed into a hypotonic solution will swell and expand until it eventually burst through a process known as cytolysis.

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