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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Multivalent

· Mul·tiv·a·lent · IPA
01 a. Having a valence greater than one, as silicon.
  1. 1.
    Having a valence greater than one, as silicon.(Chem.)
  2. 2.
    Having multiple antigen-binding sites; -- of antibody molecules.(Immunology)
  3. 3.
    Containing several types of antibody, to protect against more than one disease; polyvalent; -- of vaccines.(Immunology)