ionotropy1
/ʌɪəˈnɒtrəpi/noun
1 Chemistry. Tautomerism or tautomeric change, regarded as occurring through the detachment of an ion from the molecule concerned followed by a redistribution of the charge in the resulting molecular ion and reattachment of the ion to a different part of it.
2 Physical Chemical The ordering of particles in a gel that results when an electrolyte is added to a colloidal suspension.
Origin
1920s. From iono- + -tropy.
ionotropy2
/ʌɪəˈnɒtrəpi/Physiology
noun
= inotropy.
Origin
1970s. Alteration of inotropy by association with ionotropy.
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