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Pentavalent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Having valence 5.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. having a valence of 5

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Having a valence of five; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

In chem., capable of combining with or saturating five univalent elements or radicals: applied both to elements and to compound radicals.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. having a valence of five

Word Usage

"The vaccine called pentavalent immunises human body against diseases such as diphtheria, whooping chough, tetanus, Hepatitis B and Haemo Philes Influenza B. Dr Shyam Raj Upreti, director of CHD, said the vaccine would help bring down child mortality rate to a large extent."

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