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chloride shift

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.36 in modern English

Syllables
chlo-ride shift
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A process which occurs in a cardiovascular system and involves the exchange of bicarbonate (HCO3−) and chloride (Cl−) across the membrane of red blood cells (RBCs).

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

chloride shifts (plural)

Synonyms

lineas phenomenon Hamburger phenomenon

Questions

What does chloride shift mean?
A process which occurs in a cardiovascular system and involves the exchange of bicarbonate (HCO3−) and chloride (Cl−) across the membrane of red blood cells (RBCs).

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