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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PHOSPHATIC

PHOSPHATIC Phos *phat "ic, a. (Chem. )

 

Defn: Pertaining to, or containing, phosphorus, phosphoric acid, or phosphates; as, phosphatic nodules. Phosphatic diathesis (Med. ), a habit of body which leads to the undue excretion of phosphates with the urine.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

phosphatic

phos phat ic |fäsˈfatik fɑsˈfædɪk | adjective (chiefly of rocks and fertilizer ) containing or consisting of phosphates.

 

Oxford Dictionary

phosphatic

phosphatic |fɒsˈfatɪk | adjective (chiefly of rocks and fertilizer ) containing or consisting of phosphates.