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gluconate

gluconate

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A salt used in medicine and supplements to provide minerals like calcium
  • noun
  • /ˈɡluːkəˌneɪt/
  • Specialized
: gluconato
  • Calcium gluconate gel is standard practice to treat HF burns in most centers, despite there being no controlled studies involving humans showing any benefit or guiding protocol.
  • calcium gluconate
  • gluconate solution
  • 10% calcium gluconate

This is Thera zinc spray, which is zinc gluconate.

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Examples

  • Calcium gluconate can be given intravenously with an above-elbow cuff based on Bier's method; however, this method has not been widely adopted (31-33).

    Academic text (2015)

  • They used 50 mL of 4% calcium gluconate given over a 4-hour period and repeated the cycle every 12 hours until the patient was free from pain.

    Academic text (2015)

  • The gluconate guy, he's out of a job.

    The Informant! (2009)

  • And with that honey infusion, we add a salt to that gluconate in themselves.

    Harvard University

  • Some authors describe using 1% to 10% calcium gluconate eye drops after irrigation.

    Academic text (2015)

  • It's citric, it's gluconate...

    The Informant! (2009)

  • Animal-control studies have shown mixed results for calcium gluconate injection on HF burn healing outcomes (22).

    Academic text (2015)

  • Proven hypocalcemia warrants calcium gluconate infusion parenterally and frequent serum calcium monitoring.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Calcium supplementation in symptomatically hypocalcemic patients consisted of 10 cc of intravenous 10% calcium gluconate solution infused over 30 minutes.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The doctor recommended taking calcium gluconate to help with bone health.

Surface Forms

gluconate singular
gluconates plural

Morphology

gluconate = gluconic (opaque) = glucon + ate

The structure is regular chemically (a root + -ate), but the root 'glucon-' and the function of '-ate' as 'salt/ester of an acid' are technical and not derivable by an average B1 learner.

Etymology

The word gluconate comes from the sugar glucose and the ending -ate, which means 'salt' or 'form of an acid'. So gluconate is a 'salt' made from glucose, which is why forms like calcium gluconate are used in medicine and supplements.