tartrate

/ˌtɑrˈtreɪt/
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Other forms: tartrates

Definitions of tartrate
  1. noun
    a salt or ester of tartaric acid
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    types:
    antimony potassium tartrate, tartar emetic
    a poisonous colorless salt used as a mordant and in medicine
    bitartrate
    an acid tartrate; a hydrogen tartrate
    type of:
    salt
    a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
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