(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is s…
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Acid-base balance
(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is slightly alkaline"
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a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry, Economics, Microeconomics.a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry, Economics, Microeconomics.(physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Economics, Medical physiology.(chemistry) a method of producing pure water; a solvent passes through a semipermeable membrane in a direction opposite to that for na…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, Medical physiology.(pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry.any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus produ…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry.a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); bur…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry.a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abun…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry.the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed an…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry.any of various protein molecules secreted by cells of the immune system that serve to regulate the immune system
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry.a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); bur…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry.a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abun…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry.a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); bur…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry.the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed an…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry.a white tasteless odorless crystalline product of protein metabolism; found in the blood and urine
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry.A substance that acts as a base or an acid, depending on the pH of the solution into which it is introduced.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry.A substance that acts as a base or an acid, depending on the pH of the solution into which it is introduced.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry.
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In chemistry it is used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end -ic (excepting binary or halogen acids); as, sulph…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, normal, equilibrium, acids, alkalis.The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, normal, equilibrium, acids, alkalis.A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, normal, equilibrium, acids, alkalis.The act rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a conferring of alkaline qualities.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, normal, equilibrium, acids, alkalis.To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, normal, equilibrium, acids, alkalis.A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, normal, equilibrium, acids, alkalis.Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, normal, equilibrium, acids, alkalis.the pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels; results from the systole of the left ventricle of the he…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, normal, equilibrium, acids, alkalis.The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium; equiponderance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, normal, equilibrium, acids, alkalis.In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, normal, equilibrium, acids, alkalis.Normal breathing where arterialization of the blood is normal, in distinction from dyspnaea, in which the blood is insufficiently arte…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, normal, equilibrium, acids, alkalis.A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in…
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