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, Nephrology.
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a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite
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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, Nephrology.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: Inorganic chemistry, Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry, Nephrology.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, Nephrology.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: Inorganic chemistry, Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry, Nephrology.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: Inorganic chemistry, Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry, Nephrology.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: Inorganic chemistry, Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry, Nephrology.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, Nephrology.a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.a solution that conducts electricity; "the proper amount and distribution of electrolytes in the body is essential for health"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, Nephrology.dialysis of the blood to remove toxic substances or metabolic wastes from the bloodstream; used in the case of kidney failure
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, Nephrology.dialysis of the blood to remove toxic substances or metabolic wastes from the bloodstream; used in the case of kidney failure
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, Nephrology.a compound containing an alkyl or aryl radical bonded to a metal.; "Tetracarbonyl nickel, and ferrocene are examples of organometallic…
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is s…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry.(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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Sulphide of silver; -- also called vitreous silver, or silver glance. It has a metallic luster, a lead-gray color, and is sectile like…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, soft, silver-white, metallic, element.a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, soft, silver-white, metallic, element.a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, soft, silver-white, metallic, element.a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, soft, silver-white, metallic, element.a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal nutrition
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, soft, silver-white, metallic, element.a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal nutrition
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, soft, silver-white, metallic, element.an amino acid containing sulfur that is found in most proteins; oxidizes on exposure to air to form cystine
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, soft, silver-white, metallic, element.A rare element, recently discovered (1885), in a silver ore (argyrodite) at Freiberg. It is a brittle, silver-white metal, chemically…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, soft, silver-white, metallic, element.A rare metallic element, of a silver white color, and low specific gravity (2.1), resembling magnesium. It never occurs naturally in t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, soft, silver-white, metallic, element.A rare metallic element, of the same group as platinum, which it much resembles, being silver-white, but harder, and brittle, and indi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, soft, silver-white, metallic, element.a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, soft, silver-white, metallic, element.a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, soft, silver-white, metallic, element.
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