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EDTA (ē′dē′tē′ā′)

noun

a colorless, crystalline solid, CHNO, used as an industrial chelating agent, food preservative, etc. and in medicine to chelate lead, copper, etc. in metal poisoning, to prevent coagulation of blood, etc.

Etymology: e(thylene)d(iamine)t(etraacetic) a(cid)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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