sodium pump

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noun

an energy-consuming mechanism in cell membranes that transports sodium ions across the membrane, in exchange for potassium ions or other substances.

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Origin of sodium pump

First recorded in 1960–65

Words nearby sodium pump

sodium peroxide, sodium phosphate, sodium polysulfide, sodium-potassium pump, sodium propionate, sodium pump, sodium pyroborate, sodium salicylate, sodium silicate, sodium sulfate, sodium sulfide

How to use sodium pump in a sentence

Her slight miscalculation of how to fix the situation leads to her driving around the gas pump.
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For example, Kuwait recently put a limit the allowable amount of sodium in bread to lower blood pressure.
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For all intents and purposes, sodium thiopental is now unavailable in the United States.
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Some are homes and some are pump houses, and you can only tell the difference when you see human silhouettes scurry on rooftops.
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Sports drinksSugar and sodium are good things when it comes to sports drinks!
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The metal is then removed, and washed successively with very dilute sodium hydroxid solution, alcohol, and ether.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
This fluid is then heated, adding crystals of sodium acetate until it becomes perfectly clear.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Rarely, sodium urate occurs in crystalline form—slender prisms, arranged in fan- or sheaf-like structures (Fig. 32).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The formula would be: “The pump invented—Drain a well ,” or Water raised in a hollow.
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At Wheal Alfred they have a 64-inch cylinder; the air-pump is 20 inches, and the stroke is half that of the engine.
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Medical definitions for sodium pump

sodium pump

A biologic mechanism that uses metabolic energy stored in ATP to achieve active transport of sodium ions across a membrane, such as the cell membrane or the multicellular membranes that make up the walls of renal tubules.