Complete Definition of "pyrophosphoric acid"

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en-noun|sg=pyrophosphoric acid|-

  1. A syrupy liquid formed by the dehydration of phosphoric acid; its salts, the pyrophosphates, are used in medicine.
  2. inorganic compound The acid formed by removing a molecule of water from two molecules of phosphoric acid, H<sub>4</sub>P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub>; this reaction slowly reverses in the presence of water.

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