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- noun Plural form of
ion .
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For the patient presenting with hyperthermia, traditional treatment may include external cooling to decrease temperature or pancuronium to decrease muscle hyperactivity. 4,6 Dantrolene sodium has been used to directly relax skeletal muscle rigidity by inhibiting the release of calcium ions from the sarcoplasm reticulum6 In severe hypertension, CNS stimulation should be avoided.
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Platinum electrodes drive negative ions from the wine into the water through the membrane.
A time machine for wines? Edward Willett 2006
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Platinum electrodes drive negative ions from the wine into the water through the membrane.
Archive 2006-01-22 Edward Willett 2006
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The release of ions is achieved by spraying the sample using an electrical field so that charged droplets are formed.
Information for the Public - The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2002 2002
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From 1996 ions from the Darmstadt facility are used for the therapeutic irradiation of patients.
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Within cells, the concentration of Na+ ions is lower, and that of K+ ions higher, than in the surrounding fluid.
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His theory suggested that the nerve impulse involved an exchange between sodium ions from the outside and potassium ions from the inside of the fibre.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1963 - Presentation Speech 1972
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In the falling phase potassium ions from the inside migrated outwards.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1963 - Presentation Speech 1972
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While such electrically charged species - "ions" - are common in the world of inorganic compounds the opposite is true in the world of organic compounds, particularly in the case of the so called hydrocarbons.
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"light" after penetrating heavy ions from the Berkeley accelerator.
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