Biphosphate

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any salt of phosphoric acid in which only one of the hydrogen atom has been replaced by a metal ion.
  2. 2
    Synonym of diphosphate.

Etymology

From bi- + phosphate.

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