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oxalate
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oxalate /ox·a·late/ (ok´sah-lāt) any salt of oxalic acid.
ox·a·late (ks-lt)
n.
A salt or ester of oxalic acid.

Oxalate
A salt of oxalic acid produced by the body's metabolism and excreted in the urine.
Mentioned in: Vulvodynia

oxalate (C2O42-)
[ok′səlāt]
an anion of oxalic acid.

oxalate,
n a salt of oxalic acid.

oxalate
any salt of oxalic acid.

oxalate calculi
see oxalate urolith.
oxalate crystalluria
associated with ethylene glycol poisoning in dogs and cats.
oxalate-induced equine nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism
see nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism.
insoluble forms (calcium) oxalate
appear as raphide crystals in some plants; irritate oral mucosa causing severe stomatitis.
oxalate soluble forms
sodium, magnesium and ammonium oxalates.
soluble oxalate poisoning
in ruminants acute poisoning due to ingestion of large amounts causes hypocalcemia with muscle weakness and recumbency. Precipitation of oxalate crystals in renal tubules causes nephrosis. Long-term ingestion in horses can cause osteodystrophia fibrosa. Most cases are the result of eating large amounts of oxalate-bearing plants, e.g. Oxalis spp., Setaria spp., Halogeton glomeratus, Portulaca oleracea.


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