Medical Definition of Sodium-potassium pump

1. A membrane-bound transporter that maintains the high potassium and low sodium intracellular concentrations relative to the extracellular medium. This exchange is accomplished at the expense of cellular energy in the form of ATP. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sodium-potassium Pump

sodian
sodic
sodicanthophyllite
sodicgedrite
sodicities
sodicity
sodiferous
sodio-
sodium
sodium-23
sodium-24
sodium-calcium exchanger
sodium-cooled
sodium-hydrogen antiporter
sodium-responsive periodic paralysis
sodium-translocating NADH-quinone reductase
sodium-vapor lamp
sodium-vapour lamp
sodium ATPase
sodium acetate
sodium acid citrate
sodium acid phosphate
sodium alginate
sodium alum
sodium amalgam
sodium amide
sodium aminosalicylate

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