| potassium sulfocyanate | Formerly used in the treatment of essential hypertension and as a reagent in the detection of copper, iron, and silver. Synonym: potassium rhodanate, potassium sulfocyanate. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| potassium tartrate | K2C4H4O6-1/2 H2O;a mild purgative and diuretic. Synonym: soluble tartar. (05 Mar 2000) |
| potassium thiocyanate | Formerly used in the treatment of essential hypertension and as a reagent in the detection of copper, iron, and silver. Synonym: potassium rhodanate, potassium sulfocyanate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| potassium, dietary | Potassium or potassium compounds used in foods or as foods. (12 Dec 1998) |
| potassium-40 | A naturally occurring (0.0117%) radioactive potassium isotope; beta emitter with half-life of 1.26 billion years; chief source of natural radioactivity of living tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| potassium-42 | An artificial potassium isotope; beta emitter with half-life of 12.36 hr, used as a tracer in studies of potassium distribution in body fluid compartments and in localization of brain tumours. (05 Mar 2000) |
| potassium-43 | An artificial potassium isotope; a beta emitter with a half-life of 22.3 hr, used as a tracer in myocardial perfusion studies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| potassoxyl | <chemistry> The radical KO, derived from, and supposed to exist in, potassium hydroxide and other compounds. Origin: Potassium + oxygen + -yl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |