Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
sodium phosphate Function:
noun 1 : a phosphate NaH
2PO
4 of sodium containing one sodium atom per molecule that with thephosphate containing two sodium atoms per molecule constitutes the principal buffer system of the urine called also
monobasic sodium phosphate, sodium acid phosphate, sodium dihydrogenphosphate 2 : a phosphate Na
2HPO
4 of sodium containing two sodium atoms per molecule that is used in medicine as a laxative and antacid called also
dibasic sodium phosphate 3 : a phosphate Na
3PO
4 of sodium containing three sodium atoms per molecule that is used chiefly in cleaning compositions andin water treatment