polyvalent Hear it!

polyvalent definition

poly·va·lent (päl′i vā′lənt)

adjective

  1. Bacteriology designating a vaccine effective against many strains of the same species of microorganism
  2. Chem.
    1. having a valence of more than two
    2. having more than one valence

Related Forms:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.