phosphomolybdate

noun

phos·​pho·​molybdate

¦fä(ˌ)sfō+

: a salt of a phosphomolybdic acid

called also molybdophosphate

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary phosphomolybd- (in phosphomolybdic acid) + -ate

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