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calcium gluconate

noun

  1. a white, tasteless, water-soluble powder, CaC 12 H 22 O 14 , used as a dietary supplement to provide calcium.

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Origin of calcium gluconate1

First recorded in 1880–85; glucon(ic acid) + -ate 2

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