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phosphorian

phosphorian adjective: containing phosphorus (especially when this replaces another element).

Adjective

phosphorian (not comparable)

  1. Containing phosphorus (especially when this replaces another element).

Origin of phosphorian

From phosphor + -ian.

Questions about phosphorian

What does phosphorian mean?
Phosphorian means containing phosphorus (especially when this replaces another element).
What part of speech is phosphorian?
Phosphorian is an adjective.

Words near phosphorian in the dictionary

  1. phosphoretted hydrogen
  2. phosphorgummite
  3. phosphorgummites
  4. phosphori
  5. phosphorial
  6. phosphorian
  7. phosphoribohydrolase
  8. phosphoribohydrolases
  9. phosphoriboisomerase
  10. phosphoriboisomerases
  11. phosphoribomutase

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