ION PUMP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ion pump mean? 

• ION PUMP (noun)
  The noun ION PUMP has 1 sense:

1. a vacuum pump that removes gas by ionizing the atoms or molecules and adsorbing them on a metal surface

  Familiarity information: ION PUMP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ION PUMP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vacuum pump that removes gas by ionizing the atoms or molecules and adsorbing them on a metal surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ion pump" is a kind of...):

air pump; vacuum pump (a pump that moves air in or out of something)

 Context examples 

The drug is delivered to the affected region of the brain by a neural probe incorporating a tiny ion pump and electrodes to monitor neural activity.

(Electronic device implanted in the brain could stop seizures, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Many structural (e.g. myosin) and transport (e.g. ion pump) proteins include an ATPase domain.

(ATPase, NCI Thesaurus)

NIS, an intrinsic membrane glycoprotein, is an ion pump that actively transports iodide into cells which concentrate iodine; in addition to thyroid epithelial cells, it is found in non-thyroidal tissues including the salivary glands, the gastric mucosa, and lactating mammary glands.

(Ad5-CMV-NIS, NCI Thesaurus)

When the neural signal of a seizure is detected by the electrodes, the ion pump is activated, creating an electric field that moves the drug across an ion exchange membrane and out of the device, a process known as electrophoresis.

(Electronic device implanted in the brain could stop seizures, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)