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Ions

"Ions" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An atom or group of atoms that have a positive or negative electric charge due to a gain (negative charge) or loss (positive charge) of one or more electrons. Atoms with a positive charge are known as CATIONS; those with a negative charge are ANIONS.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Ions" by people in this website by year, and whether "Ions" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 61 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2013 and 2022
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