CHELATION

chelation

(noun) the process of forming a ring by forming one or more hydrogen bonds

chelation

(noun) (medicine) the process of removing a heavy metal from the bloodstream by means of a chelate as in treating lead or mercury poisoning

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

chelation (countable and uncountable, plural chelations)

(chemistry) the formation of a polydentate chelate compound from a metal salt

(medicine) the use of this process to remove metal ions from solution, especially to counter poisoning by heavy metals

Anagrams

• ethanolic, nahcolite, netaholic

Source: Wiktionary



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