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bi•car•bo•nate
Pronunciation: (bī-kär'bu-nit, -nāt"), [key]—
n. Chem.
a salt of carbonic acid, containing the HCO
3-1 group; an acid carbonate, as sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO
3.
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