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phosphate

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.

Derived terms

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).

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hypophosphatemia

English

Alternative forms

  • hypophosphataemia

Etymology

hypo- +? phosphatemia

Noun

hypophosphatemia (countable and uncountable, plural hypophosphatemias)

  1. (medicine) An electrolyte disturbance in which there is an abnormally low level of phosphate in the blood, most commonly seen when malnourished patients are given large amounts of carbohydrates, creating a high phosphorus demand in the cells of the body.

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See also

  • phosphaturia

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