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biphosphate

noun

Etymology

From bi- + phosphate.

  1. derived from phosphate
  2. formed as biphosphate — “bi- + phosphate”

Definitions

  1. Any salt of phosphoric acid in which only one of the hydrogen atom has been replaced by a…

    Any salt of phosphoric acid in which only one of the hydrogen atom has been replaced by a metal ion.

  2. Synonym of diphosphate.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for biphosphate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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