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POTASSIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
atomic number 19; K; potassium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("potassium" is a kind of...):
metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)
Holonyms ("potassium" is a substance of...):
carnallite (a white or reddish mineral consisting of hydrous chlorides of potassium and magnesium; used as a fertilizer and as a source of potassium and magnesium)
kainite (a white mineral consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride; a source of potassium salts; used as a fertilizer)
langbeinite (a mineral consisting of potassium magnesium double sulphate; used as a fertilizer)
brine; saltwater; seawater (water containing salts)
sylvine; sylvite (a mineral consisting of native potassium chloride; an important ore of potassium that is found in sedimentary beds)
Context examples:
The potassium salt of oxonate, an enzyme inhibitor that modulates 5- fluorouracil (5-FU) toxicity.
(Oteracil Potassium, NCI Thesaurus)
The team reported the abundance of water vapour in 14 of the 19 planets, and the abundance of sodium and potassium in six planets each.
(Water common – yet scarce – in exoplanets, University of Cambridge)
Other functions of DREAM may exist such as regulation of presenilins and potassium channel activity in the heart.
(Pain Repression Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Azolimine antagonizes aldosterone at the mineralocorticoid receptor in the kidneys, thereby increasing sodium excretion and inhibiting potassium excretion.
(Azolimine, NCI Thesaurus)
Amoxicillin-clavulanate potassium is a type of combination antibiotic.
(Amoxicillin-clavulanate potassium, NCI Dictionary)
The potassium salt of a narrow-spectrum, semisynthetic penicillin derivative with antibacterial activity.
(Azidocillin Potassium, NCI Thesaurus)
Clavulanate potassium increases the serum half-life of amoxicillin by inhibiting beta-lactamase-mediated metabolism of amoxicillin.
(Amoxicillin-clavulanate potassium, NCI Thesaurus)
The determination of the concentrations of anions, such as chloride and bicarbonate, subtracted from the concentration of cations, such as sodium and potassium, present in a plasma or serum sample.
(Anion Gap Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
The agent also causes retention of nitrogen, sodium, potassium, phosphorus, as well as calcium.
(Methyltestosterone, NCI Thesaurus)
A preparation containing the nonabsorbable polymer polyethylene glycol (PEG or macrogol) 3350 and sodium sulfate, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium ascorbate and ascorbic acid with laxative activity.
(PEG-3350/Sodium Sulfate/Sodium Chloride/Potassium Chloride/Sodium Ascorbate/Ascorbic Acid-based Laxative, NCI Thesaurus)
