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bisulfate

or bi·sul·phate

[ bahy-suhl-feyt ]

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. a salt of sulfuric acid, containing the HSO 4 group; an acid sulfate; a hydrogen sulfate, as sodium bisulfate, NaHSO 4 .


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bisulfate1

First recorded in 1860–65; bi- 1 + sulfate
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Example Sentences

Chlorine, which is toxic, is neutralized by pouring in sodium bisulfate, she said.

Ingredients include chili, sugar, salt, garlic, distilled vinegar, potassium sorbate, sodium, bisulfate and xanthan gum.

After water quenches the gas in the Hurlburt system, stripping processes produce sodium bisulfate and hydrochloric acid, which can be sold, Mr. Robau said.

Generic Plavix, for example, is called clopidogrel bisulfate.

Plavix Set to Lose Patent Protection For more than a decade, cardiologists treating patients who have had a heart attack have routinely scribbled one drug onto their prescription pads: clopidogrel bisulfate, better known as Plavix.

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