citrate

See also: Citrate

English

Etymology

From citric.

Noun

citrate (plural citrates)

1. (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of citric acid.

Translations

salt or ester of citric acid

• Finnish: sitraatti
• German: Citrat (de) n
• Irish: ciotráit f
• Italian: citrato (it) m

• Japanese: 枸櫞酸塩 (くえんさんえん, kuensan'en)
• Spanish: citrato m
• Swedish: citrat (sv) n
• Tagalog: sitrato

Related terms

• ferric ammonium citrate
• Benedict's solution
• sildenafil citrate (Viagra)

Verb

citrate (third-person singular simple present citrates, present participle citrating, simple past and past participle citrated)

1. To cause to form citrate.

Related terms

• citration

References

• citrate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• arctite, atretic, cattier

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Latin

Adjective

cītrāte

1. vocative masculine singular of cītrātus