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polyvalent

Syllabification: (pol·y·va·lent)
Pronunciation: /ˌpäliˈvālənt/

Definition of polyvalent

adjective

  • 1 Chemistry having a valence of three or more.
  • 2 Medicine having the property of counteracting several related poisons or affording immunity against different strains of a microorganism.
  • 3having many different functions, forms, or facets:as emotion, love is polyvalent

Derivatives

polyvalence

noun

polyvalent in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of polyvalent in the British & World English dictionary