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bitartrate

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bitartrate /bi·tar·trate/ (-tahr´trāt) any salt containing the anion C4H5O6− derived from tartaric acid (C4H6O6).
bi·tar·trate (b-tärtrt)
n.
1. The group C4H5O6.
2. A salt of tartaric acid containing this group.

bitartrate
[bītär′trāt]
the monoanion of tartaric acid, C4H5O6-.


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