calcium gluconate
noun
: a white powdery salt CaC12H22O14 used especially to supplement bodily calcium stores
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Calcium carbonate and calcium citrate are the most common, but calcium gluconate, calcium lactate, and calcium phosphate are also options.
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Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 30 Jan. 2025
The most commonly available forms are: calcium carbonate, calcium malate, calcium citrate, tricalcium phosphate, calcium lactate, and calcium gluconate.
—Casey Seiden, Ms Rdn Cdn Cdces, Verywell Health, 12 Mar. 2023
First, the visitors rode to Hospital Metropolitano de la Montaña to drop off the medicine its staff had requested: dopamine, epinephrine, magnesium sulfate, atropine, calcium gluconate, and more.
—Richard Fausset, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2017
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Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 30 Jan. 2025
The most commonly available forms are: calcium carbonate, calcium malate, calcium citrate, tricalcium phosphate, calcium lactate, and calcium gluconate.
—Casey Seiden, Ms Rdn Cdn Cdces, Verywell Health, 12 Mar. 2023
First, the visitors rode to Hospital Metropolitano de la Montaña to drop off the medicine its staff had requested: dopamine, epinephrine, magnesium sulfate, atropine, calcium gluconate, and more.
—Richard Fausset, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2017
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“Calcium gluconate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calcium%20gluconate. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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