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monodentate

adjective
mono·​den·​tate | \ ˌmä-nō-ˈden-ˌtāt How to pronounce monodentate (audio) \

Definition of monodentate

chemistry
: attached to the central atom in a coordination complex by one bond used of ligands and chelating groups Upon inhibitor binding, this water is replaced with the zinc-binding group of the inhibitor in either a bidentate or a monodentate manner.— Sandor Cseh et al., Drugs, May 2010 — compare bidentate, polydentate, tridentate

First Known Use of monodentate

1949, in the meaning defined above

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