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chelate

/ˈkiːleɪt/

adjective

What it means

  1. biologyHaving chelae, or in the form of a chela.[from 19th c.]
  2. chemistryRelating to chelation.

In a sentence

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

Where it comes from

  1. Hindiचेला (celā)
  2. Englishchela
  3. Englishchelate

From chela + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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