CALCIUM ION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does calcium ion mean? 

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

1. ion of calcium; a factor in the clotting of blood

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALCIUM ION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ion of calcium; a factor in the clotting of blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

calcium ion; factor IV

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

atomic number 20; Ca; calcium (a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals)

clotting factor; coagulation factor (any of the factors in the blood whose actions are essential for blood coagulation)

 Context examples 

It has been suggested that PGE2 regulates the intracellular levels of cyclic 3, 5-adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) by activating adenylate cyclase and thereby increases cellular membrane calcium ion transport.

(Dinoprostone, NCI Thesaurus)

In an EF-hand loop the calcium ion is coordinated in a pentagonal bipyramidal configuration.

(Calcium-Binding Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

These included genes involved in learning and memory, the machinery controlling calcium ion channels, and communication between neurons via the chemical messenger glutamate.

(Over 100 Genetic Sites Tied to Schizophrenia, NIH)

Ethotoin influences synaptic transmission by altering sodium and calcium ion influx across neuronal membranes in the repolarization, depolarization, and membrane stability phase and interferes with the calcium uptake in presynaptic terminals.

(Ethotoin, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in signal transduction and is involved in the regulation of cytosolic calcium ion concentration.

(HPCA Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Concentration (units mass/mass) of the calcium ion (Ca[SUP]+[/SUP]), often found in layers of ice, and derived from atmospheric transport of dust.

(Calcium concentrations, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)

Cromolyn probably interferes with the antigen-mediated calcium ion influx into mast cells.

(Cromolyn, NCI Thesaurus)

Calcium ion requiring two electrons to return to its elemental state.

(Ca2+, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Pemirolast potassium exerts its action by blocking the antigen-mediated calcium ion influx into mast cells.

(Pemirolast Potassium, NCI Thesaurus)

Pemirolast blocks the antigen-mediated calcium ion influx into mast cells.

(Pemirolast, NCI Thesaurus)