chelate

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiːleɪt/

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

chelate (comparative more chelate, superlative most chelate)

1. (zoology) Having chelae, or in the form of a chela.[from 19th c.]
2. (chemistry) Relating to chelation. [from 20th c.]

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

chelate (plural chelates)

1. (chemistry) A chelate compound.
   • 2012, H. DeWayne Ashmead, Amino Acid Chelation in Human and Animal Nutrition, CRC Press, →ISBN:

     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.

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

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

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

• Le Tache, cheetal

• IPA^(key): /keˈla.te/
• Rhymes: -ate
• Hyphenation: che‧là‧te

chelate

1. feminine plural of chelato