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Electrolyte vs Hypochloremia - What's the difference?

electrolyte | hypochloremia |

As nouns the difference between electrolyte and hypochloremia

is that electrolyte is a substance that, in solution or when molten, ionizes and conducts electricity while hypochloremia is an electrolyte disturbance whereby there is an abnormally depleted level of the chloride ion in the blood.

electrolyte

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) a substance that, in solution or when molten, ionizes and conducts electricity
  • (physiology) any of the various ions (such as sodium or chloride) that regulate the electric charge on cells and the flow of water across their membranes

    • Related terms

    * electrolytic

    hypochloremia

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hypochloraemia

    Noun

    (en-noun) (wikipedia hypochloremia)
  • (medicine) An electrolyte disturbance whereby there is an abnormally depleted level of the chloride ion in the blood.