electrolyte

See also: électrolyte

English

Etymology

From electro- +‎ -lyte, from electrolysis. Coined by English scientist Michael Faraday in 1834.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˈlɛk.tɹɵˌlaɪt/

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Noun

electrolyte (countable and uncountable, plural electrolytes)

1. (chemistry) A substance that, in solution or when molten, ionizes and conducts electricity.
2. (chemistry) A solution containing such substances, which therefore also conducts electricity.

   Some modern lead-acid batteries are sealed because they never need to have any electrolyte added during their service life.

3. (chemistry, often) Any of the various ions in such a solution, or (metonymically) their concentration therein.
   1. (physiology, medicine) Any of the various biometal ions (such as sodium or chloride) that regulate the electric charge on cells and the flow of water across their membranes, or (metonymically) such an ion's concentration in a bodily fluid, usually and especially blood, blood serum, or urine.

      Lab tests to consider under these circumstances include serum electrolytes, serum glucose, and urine protein.

Related terms

• dyselectrolytaemia
• electrolytic

Translations

substance that ionizes and conducts electricity

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: էլեկտրոլիտ (hy) (ēlektrolit)
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: electròlit m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電解質／电解质 (zh) (diànjiězhì)

• Dhivehi: ކަރައިވަރު (karaivaru)
• Esperanto: elektrolito
• Estonian: elektrolüüt
• Finnish: elektrolyytti (fi)
• French: électrolyte (fr) m
• Georgian: ელექტროლიტი (elekṭroliṭi)
• German: Elektrolyt (de) m
• Greek: ηλεκτρολύτης (el) m (ilektrolýtis)
• Gujarati: વિદ્યુતવિભાજ્ય (vidyutvibhājya)
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: विद्युत अपघट्य (vidyut apghaṭya)
• Hungarian: elektrolit (hu)
• Icelandic: rafklofi m, rafvaki m, raflausn f
• Ido: elektrolito (io)
• Italian: elettrolito m, elettrolita (it) m
• Japanese: 電解液 (でんかいえき, denkaieki), 電解質 (ja) (でんかいしつ, denkaishitsu)
• Kazakh: электролит (élektrolit)
• Khmer: អេឡិចត្រូលីត (ʼeeləctrouliit)
• Korean: 전해질(電解質) (ko) (jeonhaejil)
• Manx: lectrolyte m
• Maori: mehanga kawehiko, waikawehiko
• Northern Sami: elektrolyhtta
• Polish: elektrolit (pl) m
• Portuguese: eletrólito m
• Romanian: electrolit (ro) m
• Russian: электроли́т (ru) m (elektrolít)
• Spanish: electrolito m, electrólito m
• Swedish: elektrolyt (sv) c
• Tagalog: dagilusaw
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: elektrolit (tr)
• Vietnamese: chất điện li, chất điện giải, chất điện phân

ion that regulates the electric charge on cells and the flow of water across their membranes

• Finnish: elektrolyytti (fi)
• German: Elektrolyt (de) m
• Icelandic: blóðsölt n pl
• Italian: elettrolito m, elettrolita (it) m
• Manx: lectrolyte m
• Polish: elektrolit (pl) m
• Portuguese: eletrólito m
• Spanish: electrolito m, electrólito m
• Tagalog: dagilusaw