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calcium oxalate

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noun

  1. a white, crystalline powder, CaC 2 O 4 , insoluble in water, used in making oxalic acid.


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Kidney stones are most commonly formed from calcium oxalate, which is a waste product produced by the body.

From Science Daily Dec. 21, 2023

Chewing a portion of its stem can render someone temporarily but painfully speechless, as the calcium oxalate crystals in it can cause throat and mouth swelling.

From Seattle Times Feb. 2, 2023

In their recent research, summarized in Nature Reviews Urology, the researchers primarily used GeoBioCell to study growing calcium oxalate crystals, which account for about 70 percent of kidney stones.

From Scientific American Sep. 1, 2021

I identify the markers of specific natural products: Tartaric acid is a fingerprint compound for grapes in the Middle East, for example, while calcium oxalate points to the presence of barley beer.

From Slate Jan. 3, 2015

The calcium in a sample of dolomite weighing 0.9380 gram is precipitated as calcium oxalate and ignited to calcium oxide.

From An Introductory Course of Quantitative Chemical Analysis With Explanatory Notes by Talbot, Henry P.

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