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Noun: atomic number 15
  1. 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
    - phosphorus, P

Type of: chemical element, element

Part of: apatite

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