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pentetic acid

pentetic acid noun: diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA), a polyamino carboxylic acid consisting of a diethylenetriamine backbone modified with five carboxymethyl groups, used as a chelating agent to treat radioactive contamination.

Noun

pentetic acid (uncountable)

  1. Diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA), a polyamino carboxylic acid consisting of a diethylenetriamine backbone modified with five carboxymethyl groups, used as a chelating agent to treat radioactive contamination.

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Questions about pentetic acid

What does pentetic acid mean?
Pentetic acid means diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA), a polyamino carboxylic acid consisting of a diethylenetriamine backbone modified with five carboxymethyl groups, used as a chelating agent to treat radioactive contamination.
What part of speech is pentetic acid?
Pentetic acid is a noun.

Words near pentetic acid in the dictionary

  1. pentetate
  2. pentetates
  3. penteteric
  4. penteterides
  5. penteteris
  6. pentetic acid
  7. pentetrazol
  8. pentetreotide
  9. pentets
  10. Pentewan
  11. Pentewan Valley

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