amidophosphoric acid

noun

ami·​do·​phos·​phor·​ic acid

¦aməˌdō¦-

: an acid PONH₂(OH)₂ derived from phosphoric acid by replacement of one hydroxyl group by an amido group

called also phosphamic acid, phosphoramidic acid

Word History

Etymology

amid- + phosphoric

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

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