orthophosphoric en · ADJ
Etymology
From ortho- + phosphoric.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Describing the ordinary form of phosphoric acid and its derivatives
Alkaline phosphatase catalyses the cleavage of orthophosphoric monoester according to the following scheme […]
2013, Dimitrios Nikolelis, editor, Biosensors for Direct Monitoring of Environmental Pollutants in Field, page 128:Beraneck's tuberculin consists of equal parts of the filtrate of a culture of tubercle bacilli and a 1 per cent. orthophosphoric extract of the residue.
1916, Alexander Bryan Johnson, General topics, blood vessels, plastic operations, muscles, nerves, wounds, radium, page 216:Pyrophosphoric sulphobromide is a liquid of a clear yellow colour, and aromatic, pungent odour, resembling that of orthophosphoric sulphobromide, but still more disagreeable.
1878, A. Michaelis, “On the Constitution of Phosphorus Compounds”, in The Quarterly Journal of the Chemical Society of London, volume 25, page 983: