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Concentration vs Hypernatremic - What's the difference?

concentration | hypernatremic |

As a noun concentration

is the act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.

As an adjective hypernatremic is

(medicine) having an abnormally high concentration of sodium (or salt) in blood plasma.

concentration

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
  • # The direction of attention to a specific object.
  • # The act, process or product of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.
  • # The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.
  • A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.
  • The proportion of a substance in a whole.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Philip J. Bushnell, magazine=(American Scientist)
  • , title= Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance , passage=Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.}}
  • # (chemistry) The amount of solute in a solution measured in suitable units (e.g., parts per million (ppm))
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  • Coordinate terms

    * (course of study) major, minor

    See also

    * salinity

    hypernatremic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (medicine) Having an abnormally high concentration of sodium (or salt) in blood plasma.
  • * 1991 , Stephen Brennan & J. Carlos Ayus, "Treatment of Hypoosmolar and Hyperosmolar States", chapter 1 in'' Wadi N. Suki & Shaul G. Massry (eds.), ''Therapy of Renal Diseases and Related Disorders? , page 11
  • Although nearly half the hypernatremic patients had a febrile illness, other associated conditions assume more prominence than in infants.
  • * 2008 , Robert W. Schrier, Manual of Nephrology: Diagnosis and Therapy? , page 35
  • In all hypernatremic patients who primarily have water losses without electrolyte losses, the urine sodium excretion concentration merely reflects sodium intake.

    Antonyms

    * (having high blood sodium) hyponatremic