calcium phosphate

calcium phosphate
calcium phosphate n any of various phosphates of calcium: as
a) the phosphate CaHPO4 used in pharmaceutical preparations and animal feeds
b) a naturally occurring phosphate of calcium Ca5(F,Cl,OH,1/2CO3)(PO4)3 that contains other elements or radicals and is the chief constituent of bones and teeth

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any of three salts (monobasic, dibasic, and tribasic), containing calcium and the phosphate radical (PO4); see dibasic c. phosphate and tribasic c. phosphate.

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