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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=chemistry">chemistry</a>, an <b>amphoteric</b> <a href="page.php?w=chemical_compound">compound</a>  is a <a href="page.php?w=molecule">molecule</a> or <a href="page.php?w=ion">ion</a> that can react both as an <a href="page.php?w=acid">acid</a> and as a <a href="page.php?w=base_%28chemistry%29">base</a>. What exactly this can mean depends on <a href="page.php?w=acid-base_reaction">which definitions of acids and bases</a> are being used.</p>

<p><big>Etymology and terminology</big></p>
<p><b>Amphoteric</b> is derived from the Greek</p><p>
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