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phosphate
1. Any salt or ester* formed by the reaction of a metal, alcohol, or other radical with phosphoric acid. *[An ester is an organic, often fragrant, compound formed in a reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of water.]
2. A soft drink made from carbonated water and flavored syrup.
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Word Entries containing the term: “phosphate”
histamine phosphate
Water-soluble colorless crystals, sometimes called histamine acid phosphate or histamine diphosphate.

It is used most frequently as a diagnostic agent in determining the acid-secreting power of the stomach.

This entry is located in the following unit: histo-, hist-, histi- + (page 1)