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Definition of bicarbonate : A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes called supercarbonate.

Synonyms:

hydrogen carbonate

peroxide, chromate, bisulfate, iodide, hydrate, hydride, ether, bisulfide, bromide, salt, fluoride, nitrate, citrate, borate, nitride, sulfide, borax, silicate, tetroxide, lactate, cyanide, ketone, benzoate, phosphate, carbon dioxide, carbide, chlorate, oxide, ethyl, ammonia, formaldehyde, methyl, monoxide, hydroxide, hydrocarbon, dioxide, disulfide, disulfate, acetate, chloride, acetone, carbonate, fulminate, sulfate, alcohol, chemical

Usage examples:

• A pint of lukewarm solution containing a teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda or of common salt, is then used with a Higginson's syringe, the patient leaning over a basin and breathing in and out quickly through the open mouth. - "Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.", Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson.
• The bicarbonate is in colourless prisms, which have a saline, feebly alkaline taste, and are not deliquescent. - "Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology", W. G. Aitchison Robertson.
• Milk may be preserved good in hot weather, for a few hours, by placing the jug which contains it in ice, or very cold water; or a pinch of bicarbonate of soda may be introduced into the liquid. - "The Book of Household Management", Mrs. Isabella Beeton.