ORTHOPHOSPHATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A salt of phosphoric acid

Synonyms:

inorganic phosphate; orthophosphate; phosphate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("orthophosphate" is a kind of...):

salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "orthophosphate"):

calcium phosphate (a phosphate of calcium; a main constituent of animal bones)

sodium orthophosphate; sodium phosphate (phosphate of sodium; used as a laxative to cleanse the bowels)