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sul·fate (sul′fāt′)
noun
- a salt of sulfuric acid containing the divalent, negative radical SO
- an uncharged ester of this acid
Etymology: Fr < L sulphur, sulfur + Fr -ate, -ate
transitive verb sulfated -·fat′ed, sulfating -·fat′·ing
- to treat with sulfuric acid or a sulfate
- to convert into a sulfate
- to cause a deposit of lead sulfate to form on (the negative plates of a storage battery)
intransitive verb
Related Forms:
- sulfation sul·fa′·tion noun
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Alternate definitions:
Converse of object
- contain: Common vitamin and mineral supplements will contain this as simple sulfates or oxides.
Preposition: in
- osteoarthritis: Therapeutic activity of oral glucosamine sulfate in osteoarthritis: a placebo controlled double-blind investigation.
Adjective modifier
- acid-soluble: For such materials, poor reproducibility of the determination of acid-soluble sulfate is not a problem.
Modifies a noun
- aerosol: Bibliographic Information The facile hydrolysis of chlorine nitrate in aqueous sulfate aerosols.
Noun used with modifier
- chondroitin: Effects of oral chondroitin sulfate on the progression of knee osteoarthritis: a pilot study.
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