Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as glycerite.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A salt of glyceric acid.

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  • noun organic chemistry Any salt or ester of glyceric acid

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Examples

  • Having bandaged I applied the glycerate, which soon stopped the profuse bleeding, giving her a small bottle of it to apply subsequently.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various

  • Whittaker DV, Khoo SM, Davey G (2006) Hexosomes formed from glycerate surfactants-Formulation as a colloidal carrier for irinotecan.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Anan Yaghmur et al. 2008

  • The six proteins were selected because of expression during human candidiasis and cell wall association and included: fructose-bisphosphate aldolase (Fba); methyltetrahydropteroyltriglutamate (Met6); hyphal wall protein-1 (Hwp1); enolase (Enol); glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (Gap1); and phospho glycerate kinase (Pgk1).

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue 2008

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