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polyvalent

Definition of polyvalent

adjective

  • 1 Chemistry having a valency of three or more.
  • 2 Medicine active against several toxins or strains of pathogen: a polyvalent antivenin
  • 3having many different functions, forms, or facets:the polyvalent character of his thought

Derivatives

polyvalence

noun

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