| Term Name: | phosphate |
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| Synonyms: | phosphates |
| Definition: | Salts and esters of phosphoric and oligophosphoric acids and their chalcogen analogues. In inorganic chemistry, the term is also used to describe anionic coordination entities with phosphorus as central atom. |
| Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:26020] ( EBI ) |