See Also: isoionic(dictionary)
isoionic point(medicine)

benumb (iou) and isoionic (iou)


benumb (iou)



benumb verb trans. L15.
[from strong pa. pple of Old English beniman deprive, formed as BE- 1 + NIM verb: cf. NUMB adjective.]
Make insensible, torpid, or powerless (esp. of cold); deaden, stupefy; paralyse (the mind or will, action, etc.).

isoionic (iou)



isoionic adjective. E20.
[from ISO- + IONIC adjective2.]
Chemistry. Of a solute or solution: giving rise to or containing no non-colloidal ions Other than those formed by dissociation of the solvent.
isoionic point the point (usu. pH value) at which the average number of protons attached to the basic groups of solute molecules is equal to the average number dissociated from the acidic groups.