edetate calcium disodium

ed·e·tate cal·cium diso·dium

[ed-uh-teyt]
noun Pharmacology.
a chelating agent, C 10 H 12 CaN 2 Na 2 O 8 , used in medicine to treat lead poisoning.

Origin:
edetate apparently irregular from EDTA + -ate2

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source Link To edetate calcium disodium
Explore Dictionary.com
Previous Definition: edetate calcium dis-odium
Next Definition: edetic acid
More from Thesaurus.com
Synonyms and Antonyms for edetate calcium disodium
More from Reference.com
Search for articles containing edetate calcium disodium
00:10
Edetate calcium disodium is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Dictionary.com Word FAQs

Dictionary.com presents 366 FAQs, incorporating some of the frequently asked questions from the past with newer queries.

Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT