metaphosphate
American Heritage Dictionary:
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met·a·phos·phate
(mĕt'ə-fŏs'fāt') 
n.
A salt or an ester of metaphosphoric acid.
n.
A salt or an ester of metaphosphoric acid.
Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry:
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metaphosphate
the traditional name for any anion or any (partial or full) salt or ester derived from the condensed acid metaphosphoric acid, polytrioxophosphoric(v) acid, (HPO3) n, where n is a small integer, commonly 3, 4, or 6. Metaphosphoric acid and its derivatives are thought not to exist in the monomeric state, although they are often represented as such for convenience. See also polyphosphate.
| metaphosphatase, metaphase, metanephrine | |
| metaprotein, metaprotein, metarhodopsin |
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