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Acid-base balance
noun · 78% connection
(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: designating, silicic, acid, normal, highest.
Acid-base equilibrium
noun · 78% connection
(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: designating, silicic, acid, normal, highest.
Bicarbonate
noun · 78% connection
A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: designating, silicic, acid, normal, highest.
Bisulphate
noun · 78% connection
A sulphate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: designating, silicic, acid, normal, highest.
Carbolic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from coal tar and other sources; as, carbolic acid (called also phenic acid, and phenol…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: designating, silicic, acid, normal, highest.
Chlorhydrin
noun · 78% connection
One of a class of compounds formed from certain polybasic alcohols (and especially glycerin) by the substitution of chlorine for one o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: designating, silicic, acid, normal, highest.
Diamide
noun · 78% connection
Any compound containing two amido groups united with one or more acid or negative radicals, -- as distinguished from a diamine. Cf. Am…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: designating, silicic, acid, normal, highest.
Glycol
noun · 78% connection
A thick, colorless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid alcoh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: designating, silicic, acid, normal, highest.
Hydrate
noun · 78% connection
A compound formed by the union of water with some other substance, generally forming a neutral body, as certain crystallized salts.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: designating, silicic, acid, normal, highest.
Hydrosorbic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from sorbic acid when this takes up hydrogen; as, hydrosorbic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: designating, silicic, acid, normal, highest.
Hydrosulphurous
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the reduction of sulphurous acid. See Hyposulphurous acid, under Hyposulphurous.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: designating, silicic, acid, normal, highest.
Isocyanuric
adjective · 78% connection
Designating, or pertaining to, an acid isomeric with cyanuric acid, and called also fulminuric acid. See under Fulminuric.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: designating, silicic, acid, normal, highest.
Kynurenic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from the urine of dogs. By decomposition the acid yields a nitrogenous base (called ky…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: designating, silicic, acid, normal, highest.
Lactamic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an amido acid related to lactic acid, and called also amido-propionic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: designating, silicic, acid, normal, highest.
Lantanuric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic acid of the uric acid group, obtained by the decomposition of allantoin, and usua…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: designating, silicic, acid, normal, highest.
Lithobilic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to or designating an organic acid of the tartaric acid series, distinct from lithofellic acid, but, like it, obtained from…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: designating, silicic, acid, normal, highest.
Maleic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the ethylene series, metameric with fumaric acid and obtained by heating malic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: designating, silicic, acid, normal, highest.
Met-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix meaning between, with, after, behind, over, about, reversely; as, metachronism, the error of placing after the correct time;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: designating, silicic, acid, normal, highest.