chloride shift

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The movement of chloride ions from the plasma into red blood cells as a result of the transfer of carbon dioxide from tissues to the plasma, a process that serves to maintain blood pH.

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Words nearby chloride shift

chloric, chloric acid, chloride, chloride of lime, chloride paper, chloride shift, chloridize, chloriduria, chlorinate, chlorinated lime, chlorine

How to use chloride shift in a sentence

Do you think that as we get older our thoughts shift to the more abstract, the music, than the definite, the lyrics?
Belle & Sebastian Aren’t So Shy Anymore|James Joiner|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
As Sutton shows in his book, the important shift took place gradually, from the end of the Civil War until World War II.
The Evangelical Apocalypse Is All Your Fault|Jay Michaelson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Most other social justice movements are seeking some shift of power and money.
The Real Story Behind the Fight for Marriage Equality|E.J. Graff|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Another beautiful Eminor number, with a nice shift up to the major for the chorus.
Yes, I Like Christmas Music. Stop Laughing.|Michael Tomasky|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

And Asians also showed a shift toward the GOP in the mid-terms.
Time to Bring Back the Truman Democrats|Joel Kotkin|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The question was put rather testily and caused the other to shift uncomfortably before making answer.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
Chloride of Lime … bad smell … bad egg … white of egg … fowl … grain … flour … flour and water … milk fluid … milk.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
The night shift had clocked in over an hour ago, and there should be no passing through the gate for at least six hours.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
So that we were compelled to remain all the next day at the anchorage to shift them.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
Then suddenly he would shift shotgun for rifle and come home with a bearskin in the wagon.
Scattergood Baines|Clarence Budington Kelland