ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid mean? 

• ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID (noun)
  The noun ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID has 1 sense:

1. a complex molecule used medically to chelate metal ions in cases of lead or heavy metal poisoning

  Familiarity information: ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A complex molecule used medically to chelate metal ions in cases of lead or heavy metal poisoning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

EDTA; ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid

Hypernyms ("ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid" is a kind of...):

molecule ((physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound)

 Context examples 

The calcium salt of pentetic acid, a synthetic chelating agent related to the chelating agent ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA).

(Pentetic acid calcium, NCI Thesaurus)

After hydrolysis to an active form that is similar to ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), dexrazoxane chelates iron, limiting the formation of free radical-generating anthracycline-iron complexes, which may minimize anthracycline-iron complex-mediated oxidative damage to cardiac and soft tissues.

(Dexrazoxane, NCI Thesaurus)