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citrate

DEFINITIONS OF: citrate

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n a salt or ester of citric acid

Type of:
ester
formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
salt
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

v cause to form a salt or ester of citric acid

Type of:
change state, turn
undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
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