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[USP] the heptahydrate disodium salt of phosphoric acid; used alone or in combination with other phosphate compounds, it is given intravenously as an electrolyte replenisher, orally or rectally as a laxative, and orally as a urinary acidifier and as an antiurolithic.Medical dictionary. 2011.
dibasic sodium phosphate — noun see sodium phosphate * * * Chem. See sodium phosphate (def. 2) … Useful english dictionary
dibasic sodium phosphate — Chem. See sodium phosphate (def. 2). * * * … Universalium
sodium phosphate — n 1) a phosphate NaH2PO4 of sodium containing one sodium atom per molecule that with the phosphate containing two sodium atoms per molecule constitutes the principal buffer system of the urine called also monobasic sodium phosphate, sodium acid… … Medical dictionary
sodium phosphate — Chem. 1. Also called monobasic sodium phosphate. a white, crystalline, slightly hygroscopic, water soluble powder, NaH2PO4, used chiefly in dyeing and in electroplating. 2. Also called dibasic sodium phosphate, disodium phosphate. a water soluble … Universalium
sodium phosphates rectal solution — [USP] a solution of dibasic sodium phosphate and monobasic sodium phosphate, or dibasic sodium phosphate and phosphoric acid, in purified water; used as a cathartic; called also sodium phosphate and biphosphate enema and sodium phosphates enema … Medical dictionary
dibasic — dibasicity /duy bay sis i tee/, n. /duy bay sik/, adj. Chem. 1. containing two replaceable or ionizable hydrogen atoms: dibasic acid. 2. having two univalent, basic atoms, as dibasic sodium phosphate, Na2HPO4. [1865 70; DI 1 + BASIC] * * * … Universalium
dibasic — /daɪˈbeɪsɪk/ (say duy baysik) adjective 1. containing two ionisable hydrogen atoms, as dibasic acid. 2. having two univalent, basic atoms, as dibasic sodium phosphate, Na2HPO4. {di 1 + basic} …
Sodium phosphates — Sodium Dihydrogen Phosphate Sodium Hydrogen Phospha … Wikipedia
sodium — A metallic element, atomic no. 11, atomic wt. 22.989768; an alkali metal oxidizing readily in air or water; its salts are found in natural biologic systems and are extensively used in medicine and industry. The s. ion is the most plentiful… … Medical dictionary
Disodium phosphate — IUPAC name Sodium hydrogen phosphate … Wikipedia
