cacodylate

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noun

Any salt or ester of cacodylic acid

RareScrabble 18

Meanings

cacodylate1

nouncacodylate (plural cacodylates)

plural cacodylates

  1. chemistryAny salt or ester of cacodylic acid

cacodylate2

verbcacodylate (third-person singular simple present cacodylates, present participle cacodylating, simple past and past participle cacodylated)

present singular third person cacodylates · participle present cacodylating · participle past cacodylated · past cacodylated

  1. To react or to treat with cacodylic acid

Origin

cacodylate · verb

From cacodylic acid + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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Translations

Malay kakodilat
  • kakodilatany salt or ester of cacodylic acid
Tagalog kakodilato
  • kakodilatoany salt or ester of cacodylic acid
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APA

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Chicago

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