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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Chemistry Having valence 4.
- adjective Having four sites of attachment. Used of an antibody or antigen.
- adjective Containing antigens from four strains of a microorganism or virus. Used of a vaccine or serum.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
quadrivalent .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Having a valence of four; tetratomic; quadrivalent.
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- adjective chemistry having a
valence of 4
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective haveing a valence of four
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Examples
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Since there are four distinct dengue viruses, the challenge is to concoct a four-way, or "tetravalent," vaccine, effective against all strains at once.
The Bug Is Back 2007
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The new vaccine is tetravalent, meaning that it is designed to protect against all four dengue viruses, also called serotypes.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Every node in this graph was tetravalent: connected by four edges to four other nodes.
In the beginning L. Lee Lowe 2008
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Every node in this graph was tetravalent: connected by four edges to four other nodes.
Archive 2008-09-01 L. Lee Lowe 2008
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SnCl_ ; the stannic, in which it is tetravalent as shown in the compounds SnO_ , SnS_ .
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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Finally one atom of a tetravalent element such as carbon will combine with four atoms of a univalent element, as in the compound
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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As part of that electron transfer reaction, hexavalent uranium (which has a charge of +6) becomes tetravalent uranium (which has a charge of +4).
Ars Technica Scott K. Johnson 2011
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In 2010, the first TandAb antibody AFM13 entered clinical trials and the bispecific, tetravalent human antibody has shown very promising safety, tolerability and activity in the treatment of Hodgkin Lymphoma.
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Affimed's proprietary and highly productive TandAb® technology enables the company to generate unique tetravalent, bispecific, fully human antibody formats that promise increased therapeutic potential and superior profiles compared to monoclonal antibodies.
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As part of that electron transfer reaction, hexavalent uranium (which has a charge of +6) becomes tetravalent uranium (which has a charge of +4).
Ars Technica Scott K. Johnson 2011
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