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From oxaza- + phosphorine.
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Today it means: Any saturated six-membered heterocycle containing three carbon atoms and one each of oxygen, nitrogen and phosphorus, especially one in which the phosphorus atom is linked to both the nitrogen and oxygen atoms Full definition →
From oxaza- + phosphorine.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.