sulfate Definition
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 -·fat′ed, -·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
to become sulfated
sulfate Related Forms
sul·fa′·tion noun
sulfate Usage Examples
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.
- treatment: A metaanalysis of chondroitin sulfate in the treatment of osteoarthritis.
Adjective modifier
- acid-soluble: For such materials, poor reproducibility of the determination of acid-soluble sulfate is not a problem.
- oral: Patients were treated with either placebo or oral glucosamine sulfate 500 mg t.i.d. for 4 weeks, with weekly, with weekly clinic visits.
- low: The specific low molecular weight chondroitin sulfate, exclusive to Cosequin, is the most pure form available on the market.
- molecular: The specific low molecular weight chondroitin sulfate, exclusive to Cosequin, is the most pure form available on the market.
- glucosamine: She took glucosamine sulfate but stopped after feeling discomfort in her chest and some headaches.
Modifies a noun
- aerosol: Bibliographic Information The facile hydrolysis of chlorine nitrate in aqueous sulfate aerosols.
- content: The procedures are compatible with the existing assessment procedures for sulfate content, and include limiting values for reduced sulfur species.
- attack: The unique cell structure of Aircrete blocks makes them resistant to frost damage and sulfate attack.
- class: No field data would appear to have been available for correlation with sulfate classes based on sulfate levels in groundwater.
- level: No field data would appear to have been available for correlation with sulfate classes based on sulfate levels in groundwater.
- solution: The magnesium sulfate solution should be saturated throughout the test.
Noun used with modifier
- chondroitin: Effects of oral chondroitin sulfate on the progression of knee osteoarthritis: a pilot study.
- lauryl: The compound mentioned in the e-mail below is sodium lauryl sulfate.
- hydrazine: This fatal complication must be considered in anyone taking or contemplating the use of hydrazine sulfate.
- glucosamine: Patients were treated with either placebo or oral glucosamine sulfate 500 mg t.i.d. for 4 weeks, with weekly, with weekly clinic visits.
- dehydroepiandrosterone: Serum levels of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate in patients with asymptomatic cortisol producing adrenal adenoma: comparison with adrenal Cushing's syndrome and non-functional adrenal tumor.
- ammonium: Ferric ammonium sulfate I like each of the three images of Potassium phosphate for quite different reasons.
Browse dictionary entries near sulfate
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