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Noun: chelation  kee'ley-shun
  1. (medicine) the process of removing a heavy metal from the bloodstream by means of a chelate as in treating lead or mercury poisoning
     
  2. The process of forming a ring by forming one or more hydrogen bonds

Derived forms: chelations

Type of: chemical action, chemical change, chemical process, physical process, process

Encyclopedia: Chelation

Nearest

Cheiranthus allionii
Cheiranthus asperus
Cheiranthus cheiri
Chekhov
Chekov
chela
chela[2]
chelate
chelate compound
chelated
chelation
chelicera
cheliceral
Chelicerata
chelicerate
chelicerous
Chelidonium
Chelidonium majus
Chelifer
Chelifer cancroides
cheliferous