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Calcium phosphate   /kˈælsiəm fˈɑsfeɪt/   Listen
Calcium phosphate

noun
1.
A phosphate of calcium; a main constituent of animal bones.





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"Calcium phosphate" Quotes from Famous Books



... form in the substance of the cell wall. In addition to this, crystals of mineral matter, having various shapes and sizes, are often found in the interior of cells. The most common of these interior cell crystals are those composed of calcium oxalate and calcium carbonate. Others composed of calcium phosphate, calcium sulphate and silica are sometimes found. These crystals may occur singly or in clusters of greater or less size. In shape they are prismatic ...
— Popular Science Monthly Volume 86
... by weight. It cannot be burnt, but is a component part of all the tissues and is therefore an exceedingly, important food. Mineral matter forms approximately five or six per cent. of the body by weight. Phosphate of lime (calcium phosphate), builds bone; and many compounds of potassium, sodium, magnesium and iron are present in the body and are necessary nutrients. Under the term protein are included the principal nitrogenous compounds which make bone, muscle and ...
— No Animal Food - and Nutrition and Diet with Vegetable Recipes • Rupert H. Wheldon


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