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Metabolism > Osmoregulation > Water-Electrolyte Balance
Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Osmoregulation > Water-Electrolyte Balance
Physiological Phenomena > Homeostasis > Osmoregulation > Water-Electrolyte Balance

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Water-Electrolyte Balance  

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Definition

  • The balance of fluid in the BODY FLUID COMPARTMENTS; total BODY WATER; BLOOD VOLUME; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE, maintained by processes in the body that regulate the intake and excretion of WATER and ELECTROLYTES, particularly SODIUM and POTASSIUM.

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