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ox⋅a⋅late

[ok-suh-leyt]
–noun Chemistry.
any salt or ester of oxalic acid, occurring in plants, esp. spinach, rhubarb, and certain other vegetables and nuts, and capable of forming an insoluble salt with calcium and interfering with its absorption by the body.

Origin:
1785–85; oxal(ic) + -ate 2
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ox·a·late   (ŏk'sə-lāt')   
n.  A salt or an ester of oxalic acid.
tr.v.   ox·a·lat·ed, ox·a·lat·ing, ox·a·lates
To treat (a specimen) with an oxalate or oxalic acid.

[oxal(ic acid) + -ate2.]
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Main Entry: 1ox·a·late
Pronunciation: 'äk-s&-"lAt
Function: noun
: a salt or ester of oxalic acid

Main Entry: 2oxalate
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -lat·ed; -lat·ing
: to add an oxalate to (blood or plasma) toprevent coagulation
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oxalate ox·a·late (ŏk'sə-lāt')
n.
A salt or an ester of oxalic acid.

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oxalate   (ŏk'sə-lāt')  Pronunciation Key 
A salt or ester of oxalic acid.
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