See Also: Gibbs-Donnan equilibrium(medicine)
gibbs-donnan effect(medicine)
Donnan equilibrium(medicine)
Donnan equilibrium(dictionary)
Donnan, Frederick(medicine)
Gibbs(medicine)
Gibbs (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Gibbs' theorem(medicine)
Gibbs, J(osiah) Willard(encyclopedia)
Gibbs, William Francis(encyclopedia)

trabaccolo (iou) and Gibbs-Donnan equilibrium (medicine)


trabaccolo (iou)



trabaccolo noun. . E19.
[Italian from medieval Latin from Latin trab-, trabs beam, timber.]
An Italian ship (esp. of the Adriatic coast) of medium size; a small coasting vessel.

Gibbs-Donnan equilibrium (medicine)


Gibbs-Donnan equilibrium -->
Donnan equilibrium


An equilibrium established between a charged, immobile colloid (such as clay, ion exchange resin or cytoplasm) and a solution of electrolyte.

Characteristics: ions of like charge to the colloid tend to be excluded, ions of opposite charge tend to be attracted, the colloid compartment is electrically polarized relative to the solution in the same direction as the colloid charges (a Donnan potential) and the osmotic pressure is higher in the colloid compartment.