- ionic medicine
- treatment by electrochemical means, as by cataphoresis and iontophoresis.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
ionic medicine
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ionic — Relating to an ion. * * * ion·ic ī än ik adj 1) of, relating to, existing as, or characterized by ions <ionic gases> <the ionic charge> 2) based on or functioning by means of ions <ionic conduction> ion·i·cal·ly i k(ə )lē adv … Medical dictionary
ionic strength — a quantity proportional to the amount of electrostatic interaction between ions in solution; equal to where mi is the molar concentration of the medium i, and Zi is the ionic charge. Symbol I … Medical dictionary
ionic bond — a chemical bond in which electrons are transferred from one atom (e.g., sodium) to another (e.g., chlorine) so that one bears a positive and the other a negative charge, the attraction between these opposite charges forming the bond … Medical dictionary
ionic concentration — the number of moles of an ion that are contained in the unit volume of a solution or in the unit mass of solvent … Medical dictionary
ionic flux — the number of mols per second passing through an area of 1 cm oriented perpendicularly to the direction of flow of the substance … Medical dictionary
ionic medication — iontophoresis … Medical dictionary
ionic theory — a theory that, on going into solution, the molecules of an electrolyte either completely or partially break up or dissociate into two or more portions, these portions being positively and negatively charged electrically, the positively charged… … Medical dictionary
ionic medication — noun therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues • Syn: ↑iontophoresis, ↑iontotherapy, ↑electromotive drug administration, ↑EMDA • Hypernyms: ↑therapy … Useful english dictionary
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