trivalent
IPA: trˈɪvʌɫʌnt
noun
- (genetics) Any trivalent chromosome
adjective
- (inorganic chemistry) Having a valence of three.
- (of a vaccine) Protecting against three different (usually flu) viruses.
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Examples of "trivalent" in Sentences
- The trivalent compounds are more common.
- Trivalent chromium is the cofactor of insulin.
- Bismuth forms trivalent and pentavalent compounds.
- Other trivalent dopants include indium and gallium.
- Hemovanadin, a sulfate complex of trivalent vanadium.
- An oxonium ion is any ion with a trivalent oxygen cation.
- I see that an addition was made to note trivalent impurity.
- The trivalent chromium forms the complex with the fibre and dye.
- A carbenium ion is a carbocation of the trivalent and classical type R3C .
- Influenza vaccines are trivalent, meaning they contain three different strains.
- She explains, The problem is that trivalent chromium is actually good for you--in fact, it's necessary for metabolism.
- It will be decided later whether vaccine-makers put them all in one shot, a so-called trivalent dose, or split them up.
- I performed a study with Dr. Harry Preuss and colleagues using trivalent chromium in the form of niacin-bound chromium NBC.
- According to the Health Protection Agency, the vast majority of those who died had not had this season's "trivalent" vaccine, which protects against three strains of flu.
- A review of 31 studies published over four decades found that the most widely used seasonal flu vaccine, known as trivalent inactivated vaccine, was only 59 per cent effective in healthy adults.
- The federal government restricts the amount of "total chromium" in drinking water and requires water utilities to test for it, but that includes both trivalent chromium, a mineral that humans need to metabolize glucose, and hexavalent chromium, the metal that has caused cancer in laboratory animals.
- The other strains are H3N2 - which like H1N1 is a type of influenza A - and influenza B. Fukuda said national health regulatory authorities would have to decide whether to combine the three strains into a single "trivalent" shot, administer three separate vaccines, or use a separate H1N1 shot and combine the other two in one shot.
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