noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any salt or ester of citric acid.
2. 2
   a salt or ester of citric acid wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   To cause to form citrate.
2. 2
   cause to form a salt or ester of citric acid wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

alcoholchemical

Etymology

Etymology 1

From citric acid + -ate.

Etymology 2

From citric acid + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Related phrases

citrate cyclefentanyl citrateferric ammonium citratelithium citratepotassium citratesildenafil citratesodium citratebenedict's solutioncitric acidferric ammonium citratesildenafil citrate

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