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fumarate

fumarate noun: any salt or ester of fumaric acid; they are produced in the body as part of the urea cycle.

fumarate: any salt or ester of fumaric acid; they are produced in the body as part of the urea cycle
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Noun

fumarate (plural fumarates)

  1. Any salt or ester of fumaric acid; they are produced in the body as part of the urea cycle.

Forms of fumarate

pluralfumarates

Origin of fumarate

From fumaric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Words formed from fumarate

Questions about fumarate

What does fumarate mean?
Fumarate means any salt or ester of fumaric acid; they are produced in the body as part of the urea cycle.
What part of speech is fumarate?
Fumarate is a noun.
What is the plural of fumarate?
The plural of fumarate is fumarates.

Words near fumarate in the dictionary

  1. fumados
  2. fumage
  3. fumagillin
  4. fumarase
  5. fumarases
  6. fumarate
  7. fumarates
  8. fumaria
  9. fumariaceous
  10. fumaric
  11. fumaric acid

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