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pK2 (medicine) and dormant (oh)


pK2 (medicine)


pK2


The negative logarithm of the ionization constant (Ka) of an acid; the pH at which equal concentrations of the acid and conjugate base forms of a substance (often a buffer) are present.


dormant (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: , present participle of dormir 'to sleep', from Latin dormire]
not active or not growing at the present time but able to be active later
-opposite active active
lie/remain dormant
::The seeds remain dormant until the spring.
::a huge dormant volcano
-- dormancy n [U]