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calcium gluconate
noun
: a white powdery salt CaC12H22O14 used especially to supplement bodily calcium stores
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The most commonly available forms are: calcium carbonate, calcium malate, calcium citrate, tricalcium phosphate, calcium lactate, and calcium gluconate.
—Casey Seiden, Ms Rdn Cdn Cdces, Verywell Health, 12 Mar. 2023
First, the visitors rode to Hospital Metropolitano de la Montaña to drop off the medicine its staff had requested: dopamine, epinephrine, magnesium sulfate, atropine, calcium gluconate, and more.
—Richard Fausset, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2017
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Word History
First Known Use
1875, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of calcium gluconate was
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“Calcium gluconate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calcium%20gluconate. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
Medical Definition
calcium gluconate
noun
: a white crystalline or granular powdery salt C12H22CaO14 used to supplement bodily calcium stores
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