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Meaning of pyrophosphoric acid | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A syrupy liquid formed by the dehydration of phosphoric acid; its salts, the pyrophosphates, are used in medicine.
uncountable
The acid formed by removing a molecule of water from two molecules of phosphoric acid, H₄P₂O₇; this reaction slowly reverses in the presence of water.
uncountable

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

pyrophosphorolysis pyrophosphoryl pyrophosphorylase pyrophosphorylation pyrophosphorylysis pyrophosphotransferase