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aspartate

[uh-spahr-teyt]
noun Biochemistry.
  1. a salt or ester formed from aspartic acid.
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Origin of aspartate

First recorded in 1860–65; aspart(ic acid) + -ate2
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aspartate in Medicine

aspartate

(ə-spär′tāt)
n.
  1. A salt of aspartic acid.
  2. An ester of aspartic acid.
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