the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Having a valence of four; capable of combining with, being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In chem., noting an atom the equivalence of which is four, or an element one atom of which is equivalent, in combining power, to four atoms of hydrogen; tetradic; tetratomic.
n. A quadrivalent atom or element.
Word Usage
"Soldan and colleagues say that genital warts "exert a considerable impact on health services, a large proportion of which could be prevented through immunisation using the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine"."