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chelates

chelates is the plural of chelate.

Meaning of chelate

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

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Questions about chelates

What is chelates the plural of?
Chelates is the plural of chelate.

Words near chelates in the dictionary

  1. chelate compound
  2. chelate compounds
  3. chelated
  4. chelater
  5. chelaters
  6. chelates
  7. chelating
  8. chelating agent
  9. chelating agents
  10. chelation
  11. chelations

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