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phosphate
  1. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of phosphoric acid.
  2. (US, regional, dated) A carbonated soft drink sweetened with fruit syrup and with some phosphoric acid.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “I need to add a phosphate to the soil to ensure proper nutrient levels for my plants.”
phosphatization
  1. the conversion of something into a phosphate
  2. the treatment of something with phosphate or phosphoric acid
  3. Examples:
    1. “The preserved embryos from China and Siberia underwent rapid diagenetic phosphatization resulting in exquisite preservation, including cell structures.”
phosphagen
  1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of energy storage compounds, chiefly found in muscular tissue in animals, allowing a high-energy phosphate pool to be maintained in a concentration range, which, if it all were ATP, would create problems due to the ATP consuming reactions in these tissues.
phosphatase
  1. (biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that hydrolyze phosphate esters, and are important in the metabolism of carbohydrates, nucleotides and phospholipids, and in the formation of bone.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Blood tests showed raised levels of aspartate transaminase, alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin, confirming liver damage.”
      “A phosphatase inhibitor, sodium vanadate, reduced the effect of alkaline phosphatase.”
      “Alkaline phosphatase is not at all, or only in small amounts present in root exudates of vascular plants.”
phosphatome
  1. (biochemistry) The complete set of phosphatases found in a biological sample; especially that found in a person's body under normal conditions, and when suffering from a disease
phosphating
  1. The application of a protective coating of phosphate to the surface of metals
phosphatemia
  1. (medicine) The presence of phosphate in the blood.
phosphaturia
  1. (medicine) The presence of phosphate in the urine
phosphatizations
  1. plural of phosphatization
phosphaturias
  1. plural of phosphaturia
phosphatings
  1. plural of phosphating
phosphatases
  1. plural of phosphatase
phosphatomes
  1. plural of phosphatome
phosphagens
  1. plural of phosphagen
phosphates
  1. plural of phosphate
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Non-precipitating water softeners use complex phosphates to sequester calcium and magnesium ions.”
      “Polyphosphates are a group of phosphates that are created from polymeric chemical compounds.”
      “There are deposits of gold, oil, limestone, phosphates, iron ore, kaolin, and silica sand.”
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