(of an acid) having one replaceable hydrogen atom.
〔化〕（碱）一价的，一元的
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The phosphate used in this trial was dibasic sodium phosphate and this is known to alter the ratio of dibasic and monobasic phosphate.
Patients in group I received 2.4 g of monobasic sodium phosphate and 0.9 g of dibasic sodium phosphate for mechanical bowel preparation on the day before surgery.
The pH of the tubular fluid gradually approaches the pK a for the dibasic / monobasic phosphate buffering system.