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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of phosphatize.
  • adjective converted into a phosphate
  • adjective treated with phosphate or phosphoric acid

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Examples

  • There is a treasure trove in China: the well-preserved phosphatized embryos of the Doushantuo formation, a sampling of the developmental events in ancient metazoans between 551 and 635 million years ago.

    Dissecting embryos from half a billion years ago - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • There is a treasure trove in China: the well-preserved phosphatized embryos of the Doushantuo formation, a sampling of the developmental events in ancient metazoans between 551 and 635 million years ago.

    The Panda's Thumb: October 2006 Archives 2006

  • Some of the molecular data supports an early divergence, and there are known pre-Cambrian trace fossils and fossils—the phosphatized embryos of the Doushantuo formation, about 600 million years old, are a good example.

    A signature of a radiation in metazoan evolution - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • Some of the molecular data supports an early divergence, and there are known pre-Cambrian trace fossils and fossils—the phosphatized embryos of the Doushantuo formation, about 600 million years old, are a good example.

    The Panda's Thumb: December 2005 Archives 2005

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