chelate

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See also: Chelate, chélate, and chélaté

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Etymology 1

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From chela +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

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chelate (comparative more chelate, superlative most chelate)

  1. (zoology) Having chelae, or in the form of a chela.[from 19th c.]
  2. (chemistry) Relating to chelation. [from 20th c.]

Etymology 2

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From chela +‎ -ate (forms nouns related to chemistry, mainly salts and esters of an acid).

Noun

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chelate (plural chelates)

  1. (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

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From chelate compound +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

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chelate (third-person singular simple present chelates, present participle chelating, simple past and past participle chelated)

  1. (transitive, chemistry) to form a chelate compound by combining a metal atom to form a ring.
  2. (transitive, medicine) to remove heavy metals from the bloodstream using a chelate (such as EDTA).

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /keˈla.te/
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Hyphenation: che‧là‧te

Adjective

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chelate

  1. feminine plural of chelato