Medical Dictionary

1sulfate

noun sul·fate

Medical Definition of SULFATE

1
:  a salt or ester of sulfuric acid
2
:  a bivalent group or anion SO4 characteristic of sulfuric acid and the sulfates

Variants of SULFATE

sul·fate or chiefly British sul·phate \ˈsəl-ˌfāt\

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