potassium muriate

Thân thiện

A patient takes a potassium muriate tablet with a glass of water.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A chemical compound, potassium chloride: "potassium muriate" is a chemical name for the inorganic salt with the formula KCl. It is primarily used as a medication to treat or prevent low levels of potassium in the blood (hypokalemia).

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The doctor prescribed potassium muriate to correct the patient's electrolyte imbalance.
  • Potassium muriate is a common source of potassium in fertilizer blends.

Advanced Usage

• In medical contexts: The term is used interchangeably with "potassium chloride," especially in older or formal pharmaceutical nomenclature. It refers specifically to the salt used in supplements and intravenous solutions.
  • The formulation contains potassium muriate as the active ingredient.

Variants and Related Words

• Potassium chloride (KCl): The modern and more common scientific name for the same compound.
• K-Dur 20, Kaochlor, K-lor, Klorvess, K-lyte: Trade names for specific medicinal preparations of potassium chloride (potassium muriate).

Synonyms

• Potassium chloride: The standard chemical name.
• KCl: The chemical formula abbreviation.

Notes on Meaning

• The term "muriate" is an archaic name for chloride, derived from "muriatic acid," an old name for hydrochloric acid. Therefore, "potassium muriate" literally means "potassium chloride."
• Its primary meaning is pharmaceutical/nutritional (as a potassium supplement), but it also has significant industrial and agricultural applications (e.g., in fertilizers).

Học thuật

Noun

1. salt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte); taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency

Từ đồng nghĩa

• potassium chloride
• potash muriate
• K-Dur 20
• Kaochlor
• K-lor
• Klorvess
• K-lyte