BICARBONATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bicarbonate mean? 

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

1. a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced; an acid carbonate

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BICARBONATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced; an acid carbonate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

bicarbonate; hydrogen carbonate

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

carbonate (a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3))

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

baking soda; bicarbonate of soda; saleratus; sodium bicarbonate; sodium hydrogen carbonate (a white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid)

potassium acid carbonate; potassium bicarbonate; potassium hydrogen carbonate (a crystalline salt (KHCO3) that is used in baking powder and as an antacid)

calcium bicarbonate; magnesium bicarbonate (a bicarbonate that is a major cause of hard water)

 Context examples 

This protein plays a role in chloride/bicarbonate exchange.

(Band 3 Anion Transport Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Disulfamide inhibits CA, thereby preventing sodium, bicarbonate and thus water reabsorption in the proximal convoluted tubule resulting in diuresis.

(Disulfamide, NCI Thesaurus)

An inhibitor of carbonic anhydrase, a zinc-containing enzyme that catalyzes the rapid conversion of carbon dioxide and water into carbonic acid, protons and bicarbonate ions.

(Dorzolamide, NCI Thesaurus)

A computed estimate of the unmeasured anions (those other than the chloride and bicarbonate anions) in a biological specimen.

(Anion Gap Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the amount of bicarbonate present in a sample.

(Bicarbonate Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the bicarbonate in a biological specimen.

(Bicarbonate Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Clofenamide inhibits CA, thereby preventing sodium, bicarbonate and thus water reabsorption in the proximal convoluted tubule resulting in diuresis.

(Clofenamide, NCI Thesaurus)

This leads to an increase in sodium, chloride, bicarbonate, and potassium secretion resulting in the excretion of water.

(Chlorthalidone, NCI Thesaurus)

Any substance that inhibits carbonate dehydratase (carbonic anhydrase), an enzyme that catalyzes the rapid conversion of carbon dioxide and water into carbonic acid, protons and bicarbonate ions.

(Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)

This carbonic acid is divided into hydrogen ion and bicarbonate ion.

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