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phosphoglyceric acid

phosphoglyceric acid noun: either of two isomeric phosphate esters of glycerol; 3-phosphoglyceric acid is the structural basis of the phospholipids.

Noun

phosphoglyceric acid (plural phosphoglyceric acids)

  1. Either of two isomeric phosphate esters of glycerol; 3-phosphoglyceric acid is the structural basis of the phospholipids

Forms of phosphoglyceric acid

pluralphosphoglyceric acids

Questions about phosphoglyceric acid

What does phosphoglyceric acid mean?
Phosphoglyceric acid means either of two isomeric phosphate esters of glycerol; 3-phosphoglyceric acid is the structural basis of the phospholipids.
What part of speech is phosphoglyceric acid?
Phosphoglyceric acid is a noun.
What is the plural of phosphoglyceric acid?
The plural of phosphoglyceric acid is phosphoglyceric acids.

Words near phosphoglyceric acid in the dictionary

  1. phosphoglyceratekinases
  2. phosphoglyceratemutase
  3. phosphoglyceratemutases
  4. phosphoglycerates
  5. phosphoglyceric
  6. phosphoglyceric acid
  7. phosphoglyceric acids
  8. phosphoglyceride
  9. phosphoglycerides
  10. phosphoglycerokinase
  11. phosphoglycerokinases

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