calcium phosphate

English

Chemical structure of tricalcium phosphate, Ca3(PO4)2.

Noun

calcium phosphate (plural calcium phosphates)

  1. (inorganic chemistry) The calcium salt of phosphoric acid, Ca3(PO4)2, or of several related acids; it is the main mineral of bone
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