ANION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anion mean? 

• ANION (noun)
  The noun ANION has 1 sense:

1. a negatively charged ion

  Familiarity information: ANION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A negatively charged ion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("anion" is a kind of...):

ion (a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anion"):

hydroxide ion; hydroxyl ion (the anion OH having one oxygen and one hydrogen atom)

superoxide; superoxide anion (the univalent anion O2-)

Derivation:

anionic (of or relating to anions)

 Context examples 

The bicarbonate ion is transported to the blood side by the anion exchanger type 1.

(Collecting Duct Acid Secretion Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Substances that ionize into anions and cations in body fluids.

(Electrolytes, NCI Thesaurus)

An anion exchange resin with hypolipidemic activity.

(Cholestyramine, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in multi-drug resistance and organic anion transport.

(ABCC1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in both anion transport and multidrug resistance.

(Canalicular Multispecific Organic Anion Transporter 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Erastin analogue PRLX 93936 appears to inhibit mitochondrial outer membrane protein VDACs (voltage-dependent anion channels) 2 and 3, resulting in an oxidative, non-apoptotic cell death.

(Erastin Analogue PRLX 93936, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in proton-coupled, chloride anion transport.

(H(+)/Cl(-) Exchange Transporter 7, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, nifurtimox-derived nitro anion free radicals may alkylate macromolecules such as nucleic acids and proteins, resulting in the disruption of their structure and function.

(Nifurtimox, NCI Thesaurus)

A family of transmembrane proteins that play a role in the transport of organic anions including bile acids and bilirubin.

(Organic Anion Transporter Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in platelet degranulation, ATP hydrolysis and organic anion transport.

(Multidrug Resistance-Associated Protein 4, NCI Thesaurus)