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chelate en · ADJ · etymology 1
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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).
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Having chelae, or in the form of a chela.[from 19th c.]
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Relating to chelation.
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chelate en · NOUN · etymology 2
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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).
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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:
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chelate en · VERB · etymology 3
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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).
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(transitive) to form a chelate compound by combining a metal atom to form a ring.
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(transitive) to remove heavy metals from the bloodstream using a chelate (such as EDTA).
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chelater · transchelate · monochelate · subchelate · achelate · metallochelate · dechelate · rechelate · chelator · chelatase · chelation · semichelate · ferrochelate · chelate complex · chelatable