Calcium is unique among metals because its ions have a very large concentration gradient across the plasma membrane of all cells, from 10 â3 M Ca 2+ outside, to 10 â7 M Ca 2+ inside.
Originally Posted by Quinne. I think it has a lot to do with motives.... What I learned through studying Alcohol & other Drug work is that in counselling terms, a lapse is a hiccup and a relapse is full-blown return to old behaviours, as well as active addiction.
noun. = 1  lapse, regression, fall from grace, reversion, backsliding, recidivism, retrogression â¢ a relapse into the nationalism of the nineteenth century. = 2  worsening, setback, deterioration, recurrence, turn for the worse, weakening â¢ The sufferer can experience frequent relapses.