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hypophosphoric (medicine)


hypophosphoric
<chemistry> Pertaining to, or derived from, or containing, phosphorus in a lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as, hypophosphoric acid.

<chemistry> Hypophosphoric acid, an acid, P2H4O6, produced by the slow oxidation of moist phosphorus, and isolated only as a solution in water. It is regarded as a condensation product of one molecule of phosphoric acid with one of phosphorous acid, by partial dehydration.

Origin: Pref. Hypo- + phosphoric.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Normandy Landings, the (oh)



the arrival of the Allies on the coast of Normandy in 1944, when they began to force German soldiers to leave France. The day on which they landed, 6 June 1944, is called D-Day .