| Hamburger, Hartog | <person> Dutch physiologist, 1859-1924. See: Hamburger's law, Hamburger's phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Hamburger's law | Albumins and phosphates pass from red corpuscles to serum and chlorides pass from serum to cells when blood is acid; the reverse occurs when blood is alkaline. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Hamburger's phenomenon | When CO2 enters the blood from the tissues, it passes into the red blood cell and is converted by carbonate dehydratase to bicarbonate (HCO3-); HCO3- ion passes out into the plasma while Cl- migrates into the red blood cell. Reverse changes occur in the lungs when CO2 is eliminated from the blood. Synonym: Hamburger's phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |