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Polyvalent

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Multivalent; having a number of different forms, purposes, meanings, aspects or principles.
  2. 2
    Having a high valence, especially more than three.
  3. 3
    Having multiple valencies.
  4. 4
    Containing antibodies to more than one kind of pathogen.
  5. 5
    Having several different syllabic or semantic meanings depending on the context.

    "The approximately 1000 different cuneiform signs form a complex script system in which practically every symbol is polyvalent, i.e., having multiple phonemic and/or semantic realizations."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having more than one valence, or having a valence of 3 or higher wordnet
  2. 2
    containing several antibodies each capable of counteracting a specific antigen wordnet

Etymology

From poly- + -valent.

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