phosphoratedadj.

1784 E. Cullen tr. T. Bergman Physical & Chem. Ess. I. xi. 450 A solution of phosphorated magnesia [L. magnesiae phosphoratae] grows cloudy, upon the addition of spirit of wine.

1796 M. G. Lewis Village Virtues ii. 37 I am much wronged when accused of intending to blow up the Parliament-house by means of an inflammatory pair of breeches, and setting the Thames in flames with phosphorated fire-works.

1863 Lancet 6 June 626 The form in which I first gave the phosphorus was the phosphorated oil of the Prussian Pharmacopœia.

1936 E. A. Atkins & A. G. Walker Electr. Arc & Oxy-acetylene Welding (ed. 3) viii. 80 Generated acetylene always contains impurities, such as phosphorated hydrogen and sulphurated hydrogen, which affect the quality of the weld.

2000 Patient Care (Nexis) 30 Dec. 19 Another OTC aid is phosphorated carbohydrate solution, which should not be taken by patients with diabetes because of its high sugar content.

1827 P. Maxwell tr. C. A. Dard Hist. Sufferings Picard Family vi, in tr. Perils & Captivity 59 Aware that the sea is sometimes phosphorated.

1992 R. Ducornet Fountains of Neptune in Rev. Contemp. Fiction (1998) 156 A dreadful phosphorated mould is always growing back, coating everything in a luciferous sheen.