bicarbonate (redirected from bicarbonate buffering)

bicarbonate /bi·car·bo·nate/ (-kahr´bah-nat) any salt containing the HCO3- anion.

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blood bicarbonate , plasma bicarbonate the bicarbonate of the blood plasma, an index of alkali reserve.

bicarbonate of soda  sodium bicarbonate.

standard bicarbonate  the plasma bicarbonate concentration in blood equilibrated with a specific gas mixture under specific conditions.

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bi·car·bon·ate (b-kärb-nt, -nt)

n.

The radical group HCO₃ or a compound, such as sodium bicarbonate, containing it.

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bicarbonate,

n a salt resulting from the incomplete neutralization of carbonic acid such as from passing excess carbon dioxide into a base solution.

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bicarbonate

any salt containing the HCO₃^- anion.

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blood bicarbonate

the bicarbonate of the blood plasma, an important parameter of acid-base balance measured in blood gas analysis. Called also plasma bicarbonate.

bicarbonate buffering

major body buffering system in acid-base balance.

plasma bicarbonate

see blood bicarbonate (above).

bicarbonate of soda

sodium bicarbonate.