Definition of Oxalate

1. Noun. A salt or ester of oxalic acid.

Generic synonyms: Salt
Specialized synonyms: Uranyl Oxalate

Definition of Oxalate

1. n. A salt of oxalic acid.

Definition of Oxalate

1. Noun. (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of oxalic acid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Oxalate

1. to treat with an oxalate (a chemical salt) [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES]

Medical Definition of Oxalate

1. A salt of oxalic acid, salts of oxalic acid are found in kidney stones in those with primary hyperoxaluria or oxalosis. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxalate

oxadiazines
oxadiazol
oxadiazole
oxadiazoles
oxadiazon
oxal-
oxalacetate
oxalacetates
oxalacetic acid
oxalaemia
oxalaldehyde
oxalamide
oxalamides
oxalan
oxalantin
oxalate (current term)
oxalate calculus
oxalated
oxalates
oxalating
oxaldehyde
oxaldehydes
oxalethyline
oxalic
oxalic acid
oxaline
oxalinic
oxalinic acid
oxaliplatin
oxalis

Literary usage of Oxalate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"The precipitated oxalate is allowed to settle, filtered and washed as in the ... The oxalate is ignited wet in a weighed crucible, the heat being low at ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1912)
"Reasons for the Choice of Sodium oxalate. 4. Normal Course of the Reaction. II. Experimental Work: i. Reagents Employed. 2. Weighing of oxalate and ..."

3. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1871)
"A basic oxalate of lead, CTb"0<.2Pb"0, is obtained as a white powder by precipitating a solution of basic acetate of lead with neutral oxalate of ammonium, ..."

4. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1855)
"The salt is obtained by precipitating a saturated solution of blue ammonio- chromic oxalate, with an equal volume of a saturated solution of chloride of ..."

5. Analytical Chemistry by Frederick Pearson Treadwell (1904)
"Magnesium oxalate is, on account of the formation of complex salts, considerably more soluble in an excess of ammonium oxalate. If calcium is precipitated ..."

6. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1906)
"Vrr oxalate of ammonium. •July 3rd.—Complete decalcification with a dilution of -^^ oxalate of ammonium. July 12th.—Complete decalcification with a dilution ..."

7. A Dictionary of Chemistry: On the Basis of Mr. Nicholson's, in which the ...by Andrew Ure, William Nicholson by Andrew Ure, William Nicholson (1821)
"The oxalate of strontian too is a nearly insoluble compound. With barytes it forms an insoluble salt ; but this salt will dissolve in water acidulated with ..."

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