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pyrophosphate

pyrophosphate noun: any salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid.

Noun

pyrophosphate (plural pyrophosphates)

  1. Any salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid.

Forms of pyrophosphate

pluralpyrophosphates

Words formed from pyrophosphate

Questions about pyrophosphate

What does pyrophosphate mean?
Pyrophosphate means any salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid.
What part of speech is pyrophosphate?
Pyrophosphate is a noun.
What is the plural of pyrophosphate?
The plural of pyrophosphate is pyrophosphates.

Words near pyrophosphate in the dictionary

  1. pyrophoricity
  2. pyrophorous
  3. pyrophorus
  4. pyrophosphatase
  5. pyrophosphatases
  6. pyrophosphate
  7. pyrophosphates
  8. pyrophosphohydrolase
  9. pyrophosphohydrolases
  10. pyrophosphokinase
  11. pyrophosphokinases

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