Something that restrains, blocks, or suppresses. The conscious or unconscious restraint of a behavioral process, a desire, or an impulse. Any of a variety of processes that are associated with the gradual attenuation, masking, and extinction of a previously conditioned response. The condition in which or the process by which a reaction is inhibited. The condition in which or the process by which an enzyme is inhibited.
Body fluids are primarily water and electrolytes. Electrolytes are ions comprised of 4 minerals that include Sodium, (Na) Potassium, (K), Magnesium (Mg), and Calcium (Ca). An ion is the disassociated part of a molecule like salt, (sodium chloride).
The term electrolyte refers to a substance that dissociates into ions (charged particles) in solution, making it capable of conducting electricity. Normal body function depends on tight regulation of potassium concentrations both inside and outside of cells (1) .