Medical Definition of Edetate

1. USAN-approved contraction for ethylenediaminetetraacetate, the anion of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; various edetate's are used as chelating agents to carry cations in (e.g., ferric sodium edetate as an iron ion carrier) or out (e.g., sodium edetate for calcium or heavy metal ion removal). (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Edetate

edenic
edenite
edental
edental
edentata
Edentata
edentate
edentate
edentates
edentulate
edentulous
edentulous
Eder-Pustow bougie
Ederle
edestin
edetate (current term)
edetate calcium disodium
edetic acid
Edgar
Edgard Lawrence Doctorow
Edgard Varese
Edgar Albert Guest
Edgar Allen Poe
Edgar Douglas Adrian
Edgar Guest
Edgar Lee Masters
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Wallace
edge
edge

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