phosphotungstic

P3H4O1S1P3H4O1T1U1N1G2S1T1I1C3
UK/ˌfɒsfəʊˈtʌŋstɪk/US/ˌfɑsfoʊˈtʌŋstɪk/

adjective

Of or pertaining to phosphotungstic acid or its derivatives.

OriginEnglish tungstic ← Latin phōsphorus ← Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros) →
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Meanings

adjectivephosphotungstic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablechemistryOf or pertaining to phosphotungstic acid or its derivatives.

    The cortex from various regions, stained with Haematoxylin and eosin, phosphotungstic haematoxylin, and Cresyl-violet.

    1913, Elmer Ernest Southard, Oscar J. Raeder, Anne E. Taft, “Clinical, Anatomical, and Brief Histological Description of Ten Cases of Feeble-Mindedness”, in Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, volume XIV, number IV, Cambridge: Cosmos P, page 175
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    An attempt has been made to select the most accurate analytical methods and by their application to a series of normal and pathological cases to throw light on[…]the value of the phosphotungstic and tryptophan tests for diagnosis of cancer.

    1904, G. H. A. Clowes, E. W. Jeffcott, “On the Secretion of the Stomach in Cancer as Compared with the Normal”, in Twenty-Fourth Annual Report of the State Department of Health of New York, Albany: Oliver A. Quayle, pages 401–2

    Serum albumin was dissolved in distilled water containing quantities of albumin varying from 0.5 to 7 gm. per liter. Duplicate sets of tubes were then treated with the Esbach and phosphotungstic reagents, and after twenty-four hours the results were compared with gravimetric findings.

    1910, Albert Mattice, “The Quantitative Estimation of Albumin in the Urine”, in Archives of Internal Medicine, volume V, page 318

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
phosphowolframictungstophosphoric

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  4. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  5. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  6. Ancient Greekφωσφόρος (phōsphóros)
  7. Latinphōsphorus
  8. Englishphosphorus
  9. Englishphospho-
  10. Englishtungstic
  11. Englishphosphotungstic

From phospho- + tungstic.

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APA

phosphotungstic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phosphotungstic

MLA

“phosphotungstic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phosphotungstic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phosphotungstic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phosphotungstic.

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