acid radical
nounChemistry.
the remainder of an acid molecule after acidic hydrogen has been removed.
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The glycerophosphoric acid radical is, to be sure, found in the lecithin of nervous tissues, but its source is not known.
Bases may be considered as salts with the hydroxyl group, OH, replacing the acid radical.
The Mechanism of Life | Stphane LeducThe form of these artificial pseudo-organic elements depends principally on the nature of the acid radical of the solid salt.
The Mechanism of Life | Stphane LeducEvery salt, therefore, consists of a basic and of an acid radical.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II | Arnold CooleyIn acid salts the prefixes noticed above are added to express the preponderance of the acid radical over the metal.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II | Arnold Cooley
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