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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any tartrate in the form of a univalent radical, wherein only one replaceable hydrogen atom has been replaced by a base, causing it to have twice the amount of acid contained in a normal salt. uncountable

Etymology

From bismuth + -yl.

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