different between phosphate vs bisphosphonate

English

Etymology

From French phosphate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f?sfe?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?sfe?t/

Noun

phosphate (plural phosphates)

1. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of phosphoric acid.
2. (agriculture) Any fertiliser containing phosphate compounds.
3. Guano (containing high levels of phosphates and harvested for the fertiliser industry).
4. (US, regional, dated) A carbonated soft drink sweetened with fruit syrup and with some phosphoric acid.

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Translations

Verb

phosphate (third-person singular simple present phosphates, present participle phosphating, simple past and past participle phosphated)

1. To treat or coat with a phosphate or with phosphoric acid

Translations

French

Etymology

phosphore +? -ate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?s.fat/

Noun

phosphate m (plural phosphates)

1. phosphate

Descendants

• ? English: phosphate

Further reading

• “phosphate” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

bis- +? phosphonate

Noun

bisphosphonate (plural bisphosphonates)

1. (chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds having two phosphate groups attached to a single carbon atom
2. (medicine) Any of several pharmaceuticals, having this structure, that are used to treat Paget's disease by restricting bone loss

Synonyms

• diphosphonate

Derived terms

• (medicine): bisphossy jaw

Coordinate terms

• (chemistry): phossy jaw

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Anagrams

• biphosphonates