PHOSPHATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phosphate mean? 

• PHOSPHATE (noun)
  The noun PHOSPHATE has 2 senses:

1. a salt of phosphoric acid

2. carbonated drink with fruit syrup and a little phosphoric acid

  Familiarity information: PHOSPHATE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHOSPHATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A salt of phosphoric acid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

inorganic phosphate; orthophosphate; phosphate

Hypernyms ("phosphate" is a kind of...):

salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phosphate"):

calcium phosphate (a phosphate of calcium; a main constituent of animal bones)

sodium orthophosphate; sodium phosphate (phosphate of sodium; used as a laxative to cleanse the bowels)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Carbonated drink with fruit syrup and a little phosphoric acid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("phosphate" is a kind of...):

soft drink (nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated))

 Context examples 

An oral formulation of the phosphate salt of fludarabine, a synthetic purine nucleoside analogue antimetabolite with antineoplastic activity.

(Oral Fludarabine Phosphate, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes prostatic acid phosphatase protein, plays a role in the hydrolysis of phosphate monoesters.

(ACPP wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

In Alzheimer’s disease, too many phosphate groups are attached.

(Human Cells Model Alzheimer’s Disease, NIH)

The phosphate salt of antazoline, an ethylenediamine derivative with histamine H1 antagonistic and sedative properties.

(Antazoline Phosphate, NCI Thesaurus)

It includes the drugs cytarabine (Ara-C), daunorubicin hydrochloride, and etoposide phosphate.

(ADE, NCI Dictionary)

It includes the drugs bleomycin sulfate, etoposide phosphate, and cisplatin (Platinol).

(BEP, NCI Dictionary)

Nucleotides are composed of a nucleoside and one to three phosphate groups.

(Nucleic Acids, Nucleosides, and Nucleotides, NCI Thesaurus)

An orally bioavailable, small-molecule, dihydrogen phosphate prodrug of the pyrazoloquinazoline Aurora kinase inhibitor AZD1152-hydroxyquinazoline pyrazol anilide (AZD1152-HQPA) with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Barasertib, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in phosphate metabolism.

(Alkaline Phosphatase, Placental Type, NCI Thesaurus)

An adenine nucleotide comprised of three phosphate groups esterified to the sugar moiety, found in all living cells.

(Adenosine triphosphate, NCI Thesaurus)