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Definition of: phosphonium
(fos·fō′nē·əm) noun Chem.
The univalent radical PH4 regarded as a base. It resembles the radical ammonium, and forms crystalline halides. [<PHOSPH(ORUS) + (AMM)ONIUM]
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