saturated

saturated definition - medical

sat·u·rat·ed (săchˈə-rāˌtĭd)

adjective
  1. Unable to hold or contain more; full.
  2. Soaked with moisture; drenched.
  3. Combined with or containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
  4. Having all available valence bonds filled. Used especially of organic compounds.

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