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Meaning of pyrophosphoric acid | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A syrupy liquid formed by the dehydration of phosphoric acid; its salts, the pyrophosphates, are used in medicine.
    uncountable
  2. 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.
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See also

pyrophosphorolysis pyrophosphoryl pyrophosphorylase pyrophosphorylation pyrophosphorylysis pyrophosphotransferase

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