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chelate en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Hindi चेला (celā)bor. English chela Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English chelate From chela + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Meanings

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

Forms

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most chelate Degree=Sup lexicographic
more chelate Degree=Cmp lexicographic

chelate en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Hindi चेला (celā)bor. English chela English -ate English chelate From chela + -ate (forms nouns related to chemistry, mainly salts and esters of an acid).

Meanings

  1. A chelate compound.
    • 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. 2012, H. DeWayne Ashmead, Amino Acid Chelation in Human and Animal Nutrition, CRC Press, →ISBN:

Forms

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chelates Number=Plur lexicographic

chelate en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree English chelate compound Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English chelate From chelate compound + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Meanings

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

Forms

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chelating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
chelates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
chelated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
chelated Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

chelater · transchelate · monochelate · subchelate · achelate · metallochelate · dechelate · rechelate · chelator · chelatase · chelation · semichelate · ferrochelate · chelate complex · chelatable