(of an acid) having one replaceable hydrogen atom.
Example sentencesExamples
- The phosphate used in this trial was dibasic sodium phosphate and this is known to alter the ratio of dibasic and monobasic phosphate.
- Patients in group I received 2.4 g of monobasic sodium phosphate and 0.9 g of dibasic sodium phosphate for mechanical bowel preparation on the day before surgery.
- The pH of the tubular fluid gradually approaches the pK a for the dibasic / monobasic phosphate buffering system.