tartrate

American  

[tahr-treyt] / ˈtɑr treɪt /

noun

Chemistry.

1. a salt or ester of tartaric acid.

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tartrate British  

/ ˈtɑːtreɪt /

noun

1. any salt or ester of tartaric acid

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tartrate Scientific  

/ tär′trāt′ /

1. A salt or ester of tartaric acid, containing the group C ₄ H ₄ O ₆.

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Other Word Forms

• supertartrate noun

Etymology

Origin of tartrate

1785–95; tartr- (combining form representing tartar ) + -ate ²

Example Sentences

Isofagomine tartrate, for instance, was initially intended to treat Gaucher's disease, a rare genetic disorder, but it stalled after a failed clinical trial in 2009.

From Nature • Oct. 10, 2017

Seeking the pure principle of the pituitary glands, the researcher isolated a pituitary tartrate which was still perceptibly active when diluted with 18,000,000,000 parts of water.

From Time Magazine Archive

The two doctors recommended injections of ergotamine tartrate as soon as the headache starts.

From Time Magazine Archive

We call specially the attention of the reader to the process of Poitevin, by which one can experiment with every ferric salts, citrate, lactate, oxalate, tartrate, benzoate, etc., by simply exciting with the corresponding acid.

From Photographic Reproduction Processes by Duchochois, Peter C.

Give internally one of the following powders every hour until relieved; nitrate of potassa, one ounce; tartrate of antimony, and pulverized digitalis leaves, each one drachm; mix, and divide into six powders.

From Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure by Jennings, Robert