Definition of dibasic in English:
dibasic
adjective dʌɪˈbeɪsɪkdaɪˈbeɪsɪk
Chemistry (of an acid) having two replaceable hydrogen atoms.
Example sentencesExamples
- These authors suggested that malate, synthesized from stored starch, was a possibility for the dibasic anion.
- Condensation polymers are usually formed between dibasic organic acids and dihydroxyalcohols or diamines.
- Collagen, the most abundant connective tissue protein, contains several dibasic amino acids and has slow turnover rate.
- However, the phosphate used in this trial was dibasic sodium phosphate and this is known to alter the ratio of dibasic and monobasic phosphate (plasma phosphate).
- Patients in group I received 2.4 g of monobasic sodium phosphate and 0.9 g of dibasic sodium phosphate for mechanical bowel preparation on the day before surgery.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from di-1 'two' + basic.
Definition of dibasic in US English:
dibasic
adjectivedaɪˈbeɪsɪkdīˈbāsik
Chemistry (of an acid) having two replaceable hydrogen atoms.
Example sentencesExamples
- Collagen, the most abundant connective tissue protein, contains several dibasic amino acids and has slow turnover rate.
- Patients in group I received 2.4 g of monobasic sodium phosphate and 0.9 g of dibasic sodium phosphate for mechanical bowel preparation on the day before surgery.
- However, the phosphate used in this trial was dibasic sodium phosphate and this is known to alter the ratio of dibasic and monobasic phosphate (plasma phosphate).
- Condensation polymers are usually formed between dibasic organic acids and dihydroxyalcohols or diamines.
- These authors suggested that malate, synthesized from stored starch, was a possibility for the dibasic anion.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from di- ‘two’ + basic.