Definition of Polyvalency

1. Noun. (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two.

Exact synonyms: Multivalence, Multivalency, Polyvalence
Generic synonyms: State
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Derivative terms: Multivalent, Multivalent, Polyvalent, Polyvalent

2. Noun. (toxicology) the state of being capable of counteracting more than one toxin or antigen or kind of microorganism.
Exact synonyms: Polyvalence
Generic synonyms: State
Category relationships: Toxicology
Derivative terms: Polyvalent, Polyvalent

Definition of Polyvalency

1. Noun. polyvalence ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyvalency

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polyurethane foam
polyurethaned
polyurethanes
polyuria
polyuria test
polyurias
polyuric
polyuridine
polyuridylic acid
polyuronide
polyuronides
polyvalence
polyvalences
polyvalencies
polyvalency (current term)
polyvalent
polyvalent allergy
polyvalent antiserum
polyvalent serum
polyvalent vaccine
polyvariant
polyve
polyves
polyvidone
polyvinyl
polyvinyl-formaldehyde
polyvinyl acetate
polyvinyl alcohol
polyvinyl alcohol oxidase

Literary usage of Polyvalency

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1912)
"... in the polyvalency of the streptococcus. Natvig (35) demonstrated that it is possible to obtain, on artificial culture media, two types of haemolysis, ..."

2. Time-based Architecture by Bernard Leupen, René Heijne, Jasper van Zwol (2005)
"This started me off on the idea of 'polyvalency'. It is a word I introduced into architectural discourse, although the French use the word polyvalent for ..."

3. Popular Science Monthly (1902)
"Moreover the presence of positive and negative atomic ions causes them to link together into more or less complex molecules and they exhibit polyvalency and ..."

4. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1915)
"... describing a new type of cell with new secretory products, furnishing objective evidence of the polyvalency of thyroid secretion. ..."

5. Papers on Psycho-analysis by Ernest Jones (1918)
"... formula of polyvalency. Further, adopting a striking suggestion made by Ferenczi,2 Pierce Clark thinks it probable that the epileptic fits represent the ..."

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