Lexic.us

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Phosphates

1. phosphate [n] - See also: phosphate

Medical Definition of Phosphates

1. Inorganic salts of phosphoric acid. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phosphates

Literary usage of Phosphates

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

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1901)
"THE estimation of phosphates is a part of the sanitary examination of waters which has been somewhat neglected in the past, doubtless because the ordinary ..."

2. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1852)
"This last precipitate consists of the earthy phosphates, and it is immediately dissolved on the addition of any acid. The precipitate with acid of which I ..."

3. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1866)
"phosphates of Bismuth phosphates of Calcium phosphates of Cadmium . phosphates of Chromium . phosphates of Cerium phosphates of Cobalt phosphates of Copper ..."

4. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the by Edward Turner (1828)
"phosphates. The neutral salts of phosphoric acid with fixed bases sustain ... The phosphates of the common metals, at least the greater part of them, ..."

5. Mineral Deposits by Waldemar Lindgren (1919)
"Its most common salt is a calcium phosphate; the phosphates of iron, ... In deposits of guano a considerable number of acid hydrous phosphates such as, ..."

6. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1895)
"The phosphoric acid is excreted from the body in combination with potassium, sodium, calcium, and magnesium, forming two classes, the alkaline phosphates of ..."

7. Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts by Massachusetts Geological Survey, Edward Hitchcock (1841)
"It has been already stated, that only a part of the phosphates were soluble in ... The phosphates from the following soils were tried separately by muriatic ..."

Other Resources: