multidentate

multidentate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.
Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin multīder.
Middle English multi-
English multi-
English dentate
English multidentate

    From multi- + dentate.

    Adjective

    multidentate (comparative more multidentate, superlative most multidentate)

    1. (biology) Having many teeth
    2. (chemistry, of a ligand) Having multiple points at which it is attached to a central atom

    Derived terms

    Latin

    Adjective

    multidentāte

    1. vocative masculine singular of multidentātus
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