phosphatic diathesis

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phosphatic diathesis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Phosphatic \Phos*phat"ic\, a. (Chem.)
     Pertaining to, or containing, phosphorus, phosphoric acid, or
     phosphates; as, phosphatic nodules.
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     Phosphatic diathesis (Med.), a habit of body which leads to
        the undue excretion of phosphates with the urine.
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