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chelate

/ˈkiːleɪt/

chelate adjective: having chelae, or in the form of a chela.[from 19th c.].

Adjective

chelate (comparative more chelate, superlative most chelate)

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

Noun

chelate (plural chelates)

  1. A chelate compound.
    • 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

Verb

chelate (third-person singular simple present chelates, present participle chelating, simple past and past participle chelated)

  1. (transitive) to form a chelate compound by combining a metal atom to form a ring.
  2. (transitive) to remove heavy metals from the bloodstream using a chelate (such as EDTA).

chelate meaning in Tamil

chelate in Tamil

கொடுக்குடைய, இடுக்கி இணைப்பு, இடுக்கி இணைப்புச் சோமம், கொடுக்கிணைப்பு, பிடிவை

Forms of chelate

Adjective
comparativemore chelate
superlativemost chelate
Noun
pluralchelates
Verb
third-person singular presentchelates
present participlechelating
past participlechelated
pastchelated

Origin of chelate

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

From chela + -ate (forms nouns related to chemistry, mainly salts and esters of an acid).

From chelate compound + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Words formed from chelate

Phrases with chelate

Questions about chelate

What does chelate mean?
Chelate means having chelae, or in the form of a chela.[from 19th c.].
What is chelate in Tamil?
Chelate in Tamil is கொடுக்குடைய, இடுக்கி இணைப்பு, இடுக்கி இணைப்புச் சோமம். See Chelate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chelate?
Chelate can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce chelate?
Chelate is pronounced /ˈkiːleɪt/.

Words near chelate in the dictionary

  1. chelas
  2. chelaship
  3. chelatable
  4. chelatase
  5. chelatases
  6. chelate
  7. chelate complex
  8. chelate complexes
  9. chelate compound
  10. chelate compounds
  11. chelated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chelate (page history and authors); chelate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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