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SODIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sodium" 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 ("sodium" is a substance of...):
halite; rock salt (naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride)
brine; saltwater; seawater (water containing salts)
Context examples:
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)
Aminohippurate sodium is used as a non-toxic diagnostic tool to measure effective renal plasma flow.
(Aminohippurate Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)
This substance may be formed during cooking of foods that contain sodium nitrite as a preservative, including meat, fish and cheese.
(N-Nitrosopyrrolidine, NCI Thesaurus)
The sodium salt form of aminosalicylic acid, an analog of para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) with antitubercular activity.
(Aminosalicylate Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)
Amiloride inhibits sodium channels located in the distal tubules and collecting ducts of the kidney, thereby preventing the absorption of sodium and increasing its excretion along with water, to produce naturesis.
(Amiloride, NCI Thesaurus)
In medicine, an alkali, such as sodium bicarbonate, may be given to patients to lower high levels of acid in the blood or urine that can be caused by certain medicines or conditions.
(Alkalinization, NCI Dictionary)
Alendronate sodium slows the breakdown of bone and prevents the loss of calcium.
(Alendronate sodium, NCI Dictionary)
A hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex that regulates electrolyte and water balance by increasing the renal retention of sodium and the excretion of potassium.
(Aldosterone, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Alendronate sodium binds to and inhibits the activity of geranyltranstransferase (farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase), an enzyme involved in terpenoid biosynthesis.
(Alendronate sodium, NCI Thesaurus)
An example of an alkali is sodium hydroxide.
(Alkali, NCI Dictionary)
