PENTAVALENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pentavalent mean? 

• PENTAVALENT (adjective)
  The adjective PENTAVALENT has 1 sense:

1. having a valence of five

  Familiarity information: PENTAVALENT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PENTAVALENT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a valence of five

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Pertainym:

valence ((chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent))

 Context examples 

The antigens included in the pentavalent KLH conjugate vaccine are upregulated in a variety of cancer cells.

(Pentavalent KLH Conjugate Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

A pentavalent arsenical compound with antiprotozoal and antihelmintic properties.

(Acetarsol, NCI Thesaurus)

Vaccination with the pentavalent KLH conjugate vaccine may induce production of IgG and IgM antibodies as well as an antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) against tumors expressing any of these antigens.

(Pentavalent KLH Conjugate Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

A pentavalent vaccine comprised of the epitope antigens of the ganglioside lactones GD2L and GD3L, Globo H hexasaccharide 1 (Globo H), fucosyl GM1 and N-propionylated polysialic acid conjugated with the immunostimulant keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), with potential immunostimulating and antineoplastic activity.

(Pentavalent KLH Conjugate Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)