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    ORTHOPHOSPHATE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A salt of phosphoric acidplay

    Synonyms:

    inorganic phosphate; orthophosphate; phosphate

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("orthophosphate" is a kind of...):

    salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "orthophosphate"):

    calcium phosphate (a phosphate of calcium; a main constituent of animal bones)

    sodium orthophosphate; sodium phosphate (phosphate of sodium; used as a laxative to cleanse the bowels)

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