tartrate
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of tartrate
1785–95; tartr- (combining form representing tartar ) + -ate 2
Example Sentences
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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
The two doctors recommended injections of ergotamine tartrate as soon as the headache starts.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Concentrated solutions of potassium salts give a yellow crystalline precipitate with platinum chloride, and a white crystalline one with the acid tartrate of soda.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius
The residue from this powder is sodium potassium tartrate, NaKC4H4O6, commonly known as Rochelle salt.
From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry
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