calcium oxalate


calcium oxalate

noun

Definition of CALCIUM OXALATE

: a crystalline salt CaC2O4 normally deposited in many plant cells and in animals sometimes excreted in urine or retained in the form of urinary calculi

First Known Use of CALCIUM OXALATE

1873

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