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Elute

//iˈluːt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To separate one substance from another by means of a solvent; to wash; to cleanse. transitive

    "A mixture of isooctane and ethyl acetate can be used to elute triglycerides from a complex lipid solution."

  2. 2
    wash out with a solvent, as in chromatography wordnet

Etymology

First attested in 1731. Borrowed from Latin ēlūtus, from the verb ēluō (“I wash away”).

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