CARBONIC ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carbonic acid mean? 

• CARBONIC ACID (noun)
  The noun CARBONIC ACID has 1 sense:

1. a weak acid known only in solution; formed when carbon dioxide combines with water

  Familiarity information: CARBONIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARBONIC ACID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A weak acid known only in solution; formed when carbon dioxide combines with water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("carbonic acid" is a kind of...):

acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)

Derivation:

carbonate (turn into a carbonate)

 Context examples 

It secretes bicarbonate made in the cell by the dissociation of carbonic acid in the presence of carbonic anhydrase II.

(Pancreatic Centroacinar Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt form of dorzolamide, 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 Hydrochloride, 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)

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

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

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)

The metabolic condition resulted from uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, in which the shift of acid-base status of the body toward the acid side because of loss of base or retention of acids other than carbonic acid is accompanied by the accumulation of ketone bodies in body tissues and fluids.

(Diabetic Ketoacidosis, NCI Thesaurus)

As a hypoxia-inducible transmembrane glycoprotein, CAIX catalyzes the rapid interconversion of carbon dioxide and water into carbonic acid, protons, and bicarbonate ions, helping to maintain acidification of the tumor microenvironment and enhance resistance to cytotoxic therapy in some hypoxic tumors.

(Methazolamide, NCI Thesaurus)

The carbon dioxide, which is generated in the cells and enters from the blood, is changed to carbonic acid.

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