diphosphoglycerate

diphosphoglycerate
\(ˈ)dīˌ\ noun
Etymology: diphosphoglyceric acid (herein) + -ate (I)
: an isomeric ester of diphosphoglyceric acid that occurs in human erythrocytes and facilitates release of oxygen by decreasing the oxygen affinity of hemoglobin

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/duy fos'foh glis"euh rayt'/, n. Biochem.
an ester of phosphoric acid and glyceric acid that occurs in the blood and that promotes the release of hemoglobin-bound oxygen.
[DIPHOSPH(ATE) + -O- + GLYCER(IC ACID) + -ATE2]

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