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phosphate

24 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. phosphate (noun)
  2. adenosine phosphate (noun)
  3. calcium phosphate (noun)
  4. creatine phosphate (noun)
  5. dibasic sodium phosphate (noun)
  6. fructose-6-phosphate (noun)
  7. glucose-1-phosphate (noun)
  8. glucose-6-phosphate (noun)
  9. glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (noun)
  10. glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (noun)
  11. glucose phosphate (noun)
  12. hexose phosphate (noun)
  13. monobasic sodium phosphate (noun)
  14. nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (noun)
  15. polyribosylribitol phosphate (noun)
  16. potassium phosphate (noun)
  17. riboflavin phosphate (noun)
  18. sodium acid phosphate (noun)
  19. sodium dihydrogen phosphate (noun)
  20. sodium phosphate (noun)
  21. triorthocresyl phosphate (noun)
  22. triose phosphate (noun)
  23. hexose diphosphate (noun)
  24. hexose monophosphate (noun)

phos·phate

noun \ˈfäs-ˌfāt\

Definition of PHOSPHATE

1
a : a salt or ester of a phosphoric acid b : the trivalent anion PO43− derived from phosphoric acid H3PO4
2
: an organic compound of phosphoric acid in which the acid group is bound to nitrogen or a carboxyl group in a way that permits useful energy to be released (as in metabolism)

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