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Oxalic acid (medicine) and elapse (oh)


Oxalic acid (medicine)


oxalic acid


Occurs in plants and is toxic to higher animals by virtue of its calcium binding properties, it causes the precipitation of calcium oxalate in the kidneys, prevents calcium uptake in the gut and is not metabolised.


elapse (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: elapsus, past participle of elabi 'to slip away']
formal if a particular period of time elapses, it passes
::Several months elapsed before his case was brought to trial.
::The assignment must be completed within an overall elapsed time of one week.