hydroxylapatiten.
/hʌɪˌdrɒksɪlˈapətʌɪt/ = hydroxyapatite n.
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hydroxylapatite1927
1927 N. H. Winchell & A. N. Winchell Elem. Optical Mineral. (ed. 2) II. viii. 128 The following formulas and names are tentatively assigned to minerals closely related to apatite... Hydroxylapatite (unknown alone) 3Ca3P2O8.Ca(OH)2.
1946 Nature 6 Apr. 453/1 It is generally believed that bone salts are constituted either of hydroxylapatite which has absorbed calcium carbonate or of carbonato-apatite.
1951 C. Palache et al. Dana's Syst. Mineral. (ed. 7) II. 882 Fluorapatite, chlorapatite, and hydroxylapatite conform to the formula Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH).
1962 Waley & van Heyningen in A. Pirie Lens Metabolism 343 Chromatography on a column of calcium phosphate (hydroxylapatite).
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