chelate
English
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editEtymology 1
editFrom chela + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Adjective
editchelate (comparative more chelate, superlative most chelate)
- (zoology) Having chelae, or in the form of a chela.[from 19th c.]
- (chemistry) Relating to chelation. [from 20th c.]
Etymology 2
editFrom chela + -ate (forms nouns related to chemistry, mainly salts and esters of an acid).
Noun
editchelate (plural chelates)
- (chemistry) A chelate compound.
- 2012, H. DeWayne Ashmead, Amino Acid Chelation in Human and Animal Nutrition, CRC Press, →ISBN:
- In the early 1960s, a study was conducted in which gestating rats were given diets containing the same mineral content of mineral salts or amino acid chelates.
Etymology 3
editFrom chelate compound + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Verb
editchelate (third-person singular simple present chelates, present participle chelating, simple past and past participle chelated)
- (transitive, chemistry) to form a chelate compound by combining a metal atom to form a ring.
- (transitive, medicine) to remove heavy metals from the bloodstream using a chelate (such as EDTA).
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