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Definition of Polyvalent

1. Adjective. Containing several antibodies each capable of counteracting a specific antigen. "A polyvalent vaccine"

2. Adjective. Having more than one valence, or having a valence of 3 or higher.

Definition of Polyvalent

1. a. Multivalent.

Definition of Polyvalent

1. Adjective. multivalent; having a number of different forms, purposes, meanings, aspects or principles. ¹

2. Adjective. (chemistry) Having a high valence, especially more than three ¹

3. Adjective. (chemistry) Having multiple valencies ¹

4. Adjective. (biology) Containing antibodies to more than one kind of pathogen ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Polyvalent

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Polyvalent

1. Having more than one valence. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyvalent

polyurethane foam polyurethaned polyurethanes polyuria polyuria test polyurias polyuric polyuridine polyuridylic acid polyuronide

polyuronides polyvalence polyvalences polyvalencies polyvalency polyvalent (current term) polyvalent allergy polyvalent antiserum polyvalent serum polyvalent vaccine

polyvariant polyve polyves polyvidone polyvinyl polyvinyl-formaldehyde polyvinyl acetate polyvinyl alcohol polyvinyl alcohol oxidase polyvinyl chloride

Literary usage of Polyvalent

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

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"This polyvalent serum has showed a distinct curative and preventive action in rabbits, and it has given indisputably good results in the instances of ..."

2. Theoretical Principles of the Methods of Analytical Chemistry Based Upon by Gabriel Chesneau (1910)
"polyvalent Bases and Polybasic Acids.—If a soluble hydroxide of a polyvalent metal be neutralized progressively by a monobasic acid, each equivalent of acid ..."

3. Therapeutic Gazette (1921)
"These sera appeared to equal the polyvalent serum in range and titer of agglutinins, but on further examination fundamental differences were found. ..."

4. Treatise on General and Industrial Organic Chemistry by Ettore Molinari (1921)
"It is obtained as a decomposition product of the ozonide of rubber (qv). F. polyvalent DIBASIC HYDROXY-ACIDS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES ..."

5. Vaccine Therapy in General Practice by George Henry Sherman (1916)
"Proper use of the polyvalent vaccine described above is not only harmless, but it is also of positive value in many cases of infection. "Second. ..."

6. A Compendium of Chemistry by Carl Arnold (1904)
"MONOVALENT COMPOUNDS OF, polyvalent ALCOHOL RADICALS. polyvalent alcohol radicals have the power, under certain conditions, of replacing monovalent ones in ..."

7. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"Storage for a year had little effect upon the titer and inclusiveness of the polyvalent serum, whereas the monovalent serum had fallen off greatly, ..."

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