a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
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| P |
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| atomic number 15 |
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| phosphorus |
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form