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chloride shifts

chloride shifts is the plural of chloride shift.

Meaning of chloride shift

Noun

chloride shift (countable and uncountable, plural chloride shifts)

  1. 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).
    Synonyms:
    lineas phenomenon, Hamburger phenomenon

Questions about chloride shifts

What is chloride shifts the plural of?
Chloride shifts is the plural of chloride shift.

Words near chloride shifts in the dictionary

  1. chloridates
  2. chloridating
  3. chloride
  4. chloride of lime
  5. chloride shift
  6. chloride shifts
  7. chlorides
  8. chloridic
  9. chloridise
  10. chloridised
  11. chloridises

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