See Also: countermure(1)(dictionary)
countermure(2)(dictionary)
Heparin sodium 5,000 units and sodium chloride 0.9 per cent in plastic container(health)
Heparin sodium 25,000 units in sodium chloride 0.45 per cent in plastic container(health)
Heparin sodium 5,000 units in sodium chloride 0.9 per cent in plastic container(health)
Heparin sodium 2,000 units in sodium chloride 0.9 per cent in plastic container(health)
Heparin sodium 2,000 units and sodium chloride 0.9 per cent in plastic container(health)
Heparin sodium 25,000 units in sodium chloride 0.9 per cent in plastic container(health)
Heparin sodium 12,500 units in sodium chloride 0.45 per cent in plastic container(health)
Heparin sodium 1,000 units in sodium chloride 0.9 per cent in plastic container(health)

countermure(1) (iou) and sodium (iou)


countermure(1) (iou)



countermure noun. E16.
[Old & mod. French contremur, formed as COUNTER- + mur wall.]
A defensive wall raised inside another wall, in case of a breach in the latter. E16.
An outer wall round a city. M16.
A wall or mound raised outside a fortress to help besiegers. M16.
fig. A strong defence. L16.

sodium (iou)



sodium noun. E19.
[from SODA + -IUM.]
A soft waxlike silvery-white highly reactive chemical element, atomic no. 11, which is a member of the alkali metal group present in seawater as common salt and in numerous minerals, and whose salts are essential to biological processes. (Symbol Na.)
Comb.: sodium-amalgam a compound of mercury and sodium; sodium bicarbonate a white soluble solid, NaHCO3, used in effervescent Drinks, antacids, soda-acid fire extinguishers, Baking powder, etc.; Baking soda, sodium hydrogen carbonate; sodium carbonate a white solid Na2CO3, with many commercial applications including the manufacture of soap and glass, and obtained esp. by the Solvay process; sodium chloride a colourless crystalline compound, NaCl, occurring naturally as halite and in sea water; common salt; sodium-cooled adjective that employs liquid sodium as a coolant; sodium hydroxide a deliquescent compound, NaOH, which is strongly alkaline and is used in many industrial processes, e.g. the manufacture of soap and paper; caustic soda; sodium lamp a gas discharge lamp using sodium vapour and producing intense yellow light, used esp. for street lighting; sodium lighting the lighting of streets etc. by means of sodium lamps; sodium nitrate a white solid, NaNO3, used in the manufacture of fertilizers and explosives and as a Food preservative; sodium pump Physiology a pump (PUMP noun1 1c) which operates on sodium ions; sodium-vapour lamp N. Amer. & techn. = sodium lamp above.