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phosphosaline

phosphosaline adjective: containing phosphate and salt.

Adjective

phosphosaline (not comparable)

  1. Containing phosphate and salt

Origin of phosphosaline

From phospho- + saline.

Questions about phosphosaline

What does phosphosaline mean?
Phosphosaline means containing phosphate and salt.
What part of speech is phosphosaline?
Phosphosaline is an adjective.

Words near phosphosaline in the dictionary

  1. phosphoryltransferases
  2. phosphorylysis
  3. phosphorylytic
  4. phosphosaccharide
  5. phosphosaccharides
  6. phosphosaline
  7. phosphoscreen
  8. phosphoscreens
  9. phosphoselective
  10. phosphoselectivity
  11. phosphosensitive

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