ELECTROLYTE BALANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electrolyte balance mean? 

• ELECTROLYTE BALANCE (noun)
  The noun ELECTROLYTE BALANCE has 1 sense:

1. an equilibrium between the amounts of electrolytes (as calcium and sodium and potassium) that is essential for normal health and functioning

  Familiarity information: ELECTROLYTE BALANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTROLYTE BALANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An equilibrium between the amounts of electrolytes (as calcium and sodium and potassium) that is essential for normal health and functioning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("electrolyte balance" is a kind of...):

balance (a state of equilibrium)

 Context examples 

Stress, infection and changes in your blood's fluid and electrolyte balance can also influence hormone levels.

(Endocrine Diseases, NIH)

Hormones made from cholesterol and protein produced by the adrenal glands and regulate electrolyte balance, blood pressure, inflammation, blood sugar balance, and immune system control.

(Adrenal Hormone, NCI Thesaurus)

A class of corticosteroid hormones that maintains fluid and electrolyte balance.

(Mineralocorticoid, NCI Thesaurus)

Adrenal Hormone Activity Inhibition involves interference with, such as receptor binding, or restraint of the biological function of biochemical substances secreted by the adrenal gland that have a specific regulatory effect on electrolyte balance, blood pressure, inflammation, blood sugar balance, and immune system control.

(Adrenal Hormone Activity Inhibition, NCI Thesaurus)

Adrenal Hormone Activity Induction involves initiation of the biological function of biochemical substances secreted by the adrenal gland that have a specific regulatory effect on electrolyte balance, blood pressure, inflammation, blood sugar balance, and immune system control.

(Adrenal Hormone Activity Induction, NCI Thesaurus)