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glycerolphosphate

glycerolphosphate is the alternative form of glycerophosphate.

Meaning of glycerophosphate

Noun

glycerophosphate (plural glycerophosphates)

  1. Any salt or ester of glycerophosphoric acid; but especially the phospholipids.
    • But most likely my judgement was distorted by my contempt for his acting the young buck [...] for ever waxing his moustaches and loading himself with medicaments supposed to replace the failing sap of youth, glycerophosphates, formates, nux vomica, yohimba, damiana.1963, Xavier Herbert, Distubing Element, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 178

Forms of glycerolphosphate

pluralglycerolphosphates

Origin of glycerolphosphate

From glycerol + phosphate.

Questions about glycerolphosphate

What is glycerolphosphate the alternative form of?
Glycerolphosphate is the alternative form of glycerophosphate.

Words near glycerolphosphate in the dictionary

  1. glycerolipids
  2. glycerolization
  3. glycerolizations
  4. glycerolize
  5. glycerolized
  6. glycerolphosphate
  7. glycerolphosphates
  8. glycerolphospholipid
  9. glycerolphospholipids
  10. glycerols
  11. glyceroluria

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