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Buffers
Medical Definition: | A chemical system that functions to control the levels of specific ions in solution. When the level of hydrogen ion in solution is controlled the system is called a pH buffer. |
Guide Notes: | almost never IM |
Also Called: | Ampholytes |
Ampholyte Mixtures - Such mixtures of amphoteric electrolytes or buffers that provide a continuous range of pH in an electric field; used for separating proteins by their isoelectric points, i.e., by isoelectric focusing. |
Buffers Medical Definitions and Terms
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