phosphotungstic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌfɒsfəʊˈtʌŋstɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌfɑsfoʊˈtʌŋstɪk/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros) Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros)bor. Latin phōsphorusbor. English phosphorus English phospho- English tungstic English phosphotungstic From phospho- + tungstic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to phosphotungstic acid or its derivatives.
Serum albumin was dissolved in distilled water containing quantities of albumin varying from 0.5 to 7 gm. per liter. Duplicate sets of tubes were then treated with the Esbach and phosphotungstic reagents, and after twenty-four hours the results were compared with gravimetric findings.
1910, Albert Mattice, “The Quantitative Estimation of Albumin in the Urine”, in Archives of Internal Medicine, volume V, page 318:An attempt has been made to select the most accurate analytical methods and by their application to a series of normal and pathological cases to throw light on[…]the value of the phosphotungstic and tryptophan tests for diagnosis of cancer.
1904, G. H. A. Clowes, E. W. Jeffcott, “On the Secretion of the Stomach in Cancer as Compared with the Normal”, in Twenty-Fourth Annual Report of the State Department of Health of New York, Albany: Oliver A. Quayle, pages 401–2:The cortex from various regions, stained with Haematoxylin and eosin, phosphotungstic haematoxylin, and Cresyl-violet.
1913, Elmer Ernest Southard, Oscar J. Raeder, Anne E. Taft, “Clinical, Anatomical, and Brief Histological Description of Ten Cases of Feeble-Mindedness”, in Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, volume XIV, number IV, Cambridge: Cosmos P, page 175: