Definition: Salts or esters of acetic acid in which the terminal hydrogen atom is replaced by a metal, for instance copper acetate Cu(CH3COO)2, or where substitution is by a radical, for instance ethyl acetate CH3COOC2H5. (From Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 12th ed)
calcium acetate [ Phoslo,acetic acid, calcium salt ] a principal compound used as phosphate binders in patients with chronic renal failure; used like sevelamer