sodium-potassium pump
n.
The enzyme-based mechanism that maintains correct cellular concentrations of sodium and potassium ions by removing excess ions from inside a cell and replacing them with ions from outside the cell.
Words nearby sodium-potassium pump
sodium tetraborate, sodium thiocyanate, sodium thiosulfate, sodium thiosulphate, sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium-potassium pump, sodium-vapor lamp, sodium-vapour lamp, sodom, sodom and gomorrah, sodoma, il
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