Definition of Phosphoryl

1. n. The radical PO, regarded as the typical nucleus of certain compounds.

Definition of Phosphoryl

1. Noun. (chemistry) the trivalent radical O=P? ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Phosphoryl

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Phosphoryl

1. 1. The radical PO, regarded as the typical nucleus of certain compounds. 2. Prefix incorrectly used to signify a phosphate (e.g., phosphorylcholine) in place of the correct O-phosphono-or phospho-. Source: Websters Dictionary (21 Jun 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phosphoryl

phosphorus bottle
phosphorus cachexia
phosphorus compounds
phosphorus isotopes
phosphorus match
phosphorus metabolism disorders
phosphorus necrosis
phosphorus oxynitride
phosphorus paste
phosphorus pentoxide
phosphorus poisoning
phosphorus radioisotopes
phosphorus sesquisulphide
phosphorus ylide
phosphoruses
phosphoryl (current term)
phosphorylase
phosphorylase-rupturing enzyme
phosphorylase a
phosphorylase b
phosphorylase kinase
phosphorylase kinase phosphatase
phosphorylase phosphatase
phosphorylases
phosphorylatable
phosphorylate
phosphorylated
phosphorylates
phosphorylating
phosphorylation

Literary usage of Phosphoryl

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

1. A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities: Inorganic by Arthur Messinger Comey, Dorothy Anna Hahn (1921)
"phosphoryl bromide sulphide. See Thiophosphoryl bromide. phosphoryl ... phosphoryl fluoride, POF>. Absorbed and decomp. at once by HSO or alcohol. ..."

2. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1920)
"When the liquid is cooled it solidifies in the form of tabular crystals melting at 13°, and probably isomorphous with the crystals of phosphoryl chloride ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"759); or from phosphoryl chloride and zinc fluoride at 40° to 50°. ... phosphoryl trichloride or phosphorus oxychloride, POCh, corresponding to phosphoric ..."

4. A Text-book of Inorganic Chemistry by George S. Newth (1905)
"phosphoryl fluoride is a colourless gas, which fumes in the air, ... phosphoryl chloride is a colourless fuming liquid, which boils at 107.23. ..."

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