bitartrate

[ bahy-tahr-treyt ]

nounChemistry.
  1. a tartrate in which only one of the two acidic hydrogen atoms of tartaric acid is replaced by a metal or positive group; an acid tartrate; a hydrogen tartrate, as sodium bitartrate.

Origin of bitartrate

1
First recorded in 1875–80; bi-1 + tartrate

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bitartrate

/ (baɪˈtɑːˌtreɪt) /


noun
  1. (not in technical usage) a salt or ester of tartaric acid containing the monovalent group -HC 4 H 4 O 6 or the ion HC 4 H 4 O 6 : Also called: hydrogen tartrate

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