potassium
potassium
Definition
po·tas·sium (pə tas′ē əm)
noun
a soft, silver-white, waxlike metallic chemical element, one of the alkali metals, that oxidizes rapidly when exposed to air: it occurs abundantly in nature in the form of its salts, which are used in fertilizers, glass, etc.: symbol, K; at. no., 19
Etymology: ModL: so named (1807) < potassa < Du potasch, potash, by Humphrey Sir Humphry Davy, who first isolated it from potash
po·tas′·sic adjective
potassium
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- contain: Wood ashes contain soluble potassium which reaches the plant quickly.
- increase: Fortunately, it's easy to increase the potassium in your diet.
Preposition: in
- blood: Incorrect diet causes a deficiency in potassium in the blood.
Adjective modifier
- phosphorous: We basically just do not show any deficiencies of phosphorous, potassium, sodium, sulfur, chloride or fluoride.
- extracellular: Characteristic changes in extracellular potassium, sodium and hydrogen ion concentrations are usually diagnostic.
- low: High blood pressure accompanied by low potassium is the usual set of findings that lead the doctor to check these two tests.
- high: However, I had no luxury of having anything high potassium.
- much: Too much potassium can cause an irregular heart beat.
Modifies a noun
- permanganate: I gave the shank a quick wipe down with potassium permanganate solution to make the patterns stand out.
- iodide: Finally, 1 to 2 grams of potassium iodide, dissolved in a little water, are added to produce a clearer film.
- manganate(vii: Bottles of potassium manganate(VII ) solution usually have a brown precipitate around the top.
- hydroxide: Potassium hydroxide solution removes the cytoplasm from the root cells.
- chloride: She was given a lethal dose of potassium chloride.
- dichromate(vi: Potassium dichromate(VI ) does not suffer from this disadvantage.
Noun used with modifier
- serum: A drop in serum potassium may account for some of the symptoms.
- plasma: This is the main reason why the plasma potassium level is seen to fall in patients having a large diuresis.
- sodium: The liquid sodium potassium alloy has been drained from the cooling system and is awaiting decontamination.
- blood: Also, many patients with proven Conn's syndrome do not have a low blood potassium level.
- soil: This requires a high level of easily available soil potassium.
- %: Vita Link Buddy Another PK boost, 7.2 % Phosphorous, 4.8 % Potassium.
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