Definition of Sodium orthophosphate

1. Noun. Phosphate of sodium; used as a laxative to cleanse the bowels.


Medical Definition of Sodium orthophosphate

1. Na2HPO4-H2O;a laxative. Synonym: dibasic sodium phosphate, sodium orthophosphate. Sodium phosphate P 32, anionic radioactive phosphorus in the form of a solution of sodium acid phosphate and sodium basic phosphate; a beta emitter with a half-life of 14.3 days; after administration, highest concentrations are found in rapidly proliferating tissues; it is used in the treatment of polycythemia vera, chronic myelogenous leukaemia, and osseous metastases. See: chromic phosphate P 32 colloidal suspension. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sodium Orthophosphate

sodium lamps
sodium lauryl sulfate
sodium lauryl sulphate
sodium levothyroxine
sodium liothyronine
sodium metabisulfite
sodium methicillin
sodium methylarsonate
sodium methylprednisolone succinate
sodium morrhuate
sodium nitrate
sodium nitrite
sodium nitroferricyanide
sodium nitroprusside
sodium nucleate
sodium orthophosphate (current term)
sodium oxybate
sodium p-aminohippurate
sodium p-aminophenylarsonate
sodium perborate
sodium peroxide
sodium pertechnetate
sodium pertechnetate tc 99m
sodium phenolsulfonate
sodium phosphate
sodium polyanhydromannuronic acid sulfate
sodium polystyrene sulfonate
sodium propionate

Literary usage of Sodium orthophosphate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, John Cannell Cain, Carl Schorlemmer (1913)
"(2) Hydrogen disodium orthophosphate, Na2HPO4,12H2O. (3) Dihydrogen sodium orthophosphate, NaH.,P04,4H2O. These all give yellow precipitates of ..."

2. Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the by Arnold James Cooley (1892)
"Normal sodium orthophosphate, ii. Hydrogen-disodium orthophosphate, Na2HP04 + ... Dihydrogen-sodium orthophosphate, These are tribasic, and give yellow ..."

3. The Hydration of Normal Sodium Pyrophosphate to Orthophosphate in Varying by Waldemar Conrad Hansen (1922)
"Di-sodium orthophosphate is similar to mono-sodium ortho- ... Di-sodium orthophosphate crystallizes as Na2HPO4- 12H2O which gradually decomposes forming ..."

4. A Text-book of inorganic chemistry by George Samuel Newth (1900)
"Normal sodium orthophosphate, Na,PO4, is obtained from hydrogen disodium phosphate, by evaporating a solution of the latter salt with sodium hydroxide, ..."

5. A Text-book of Inorganic Chemistry by George S. Newth (1895)
"Normal sodium orthophosphate, Na3PO4, is obtained from hydrogen disodium phosphate, by evaporating a solution of the latter salt with sodium hydroxide, ..."

6. A Text-book of Inorganic Chemistry by George Samuel Newth (1902)
"100 parts of water at 10' dissolve 4.1 parts ; at 50°, 43.3 parts ; and at i00°, 108.2 parts of the anhydrous salt. Normal sodium orthophosphate ..."

7. A Text-book of Inorganic Chemistry by George S. Newth (1903)
"... dissolve 4.1 parts ; at 50°, 43.3 pa"- and at 100°, 108.2 parts of the anhydrous salt. Normal sodium orthophosphate ... Dihydrogen sodium orthophosphate ..."

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