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pentavalent

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pentavalent
[pəntav′ələnt]
Etymology: Gk, pente, five; L, valere, to have worth
1  n, a chemical radical or element that has a valency of 5.
2  adj, pertaining to a body formed by the association of five chromosomes held together by chiasmata at the first division of meiosis.
pentavalent [pen″tah-va´lent]
having a valence of five.
pentavalent
having a valence of five.
pentavalent antimony compounds
see antimony.
pentavalent organic arsenicals
includes the pharmaceuticals arsanilic acid, roxarsone, nitarsone. See also organic arsenical.
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