quadrivalent
Americanadjective
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having a valence of four; tetravalent.
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exhibiting four different valences, as antimony with valences of 5, 4, 3, and −3.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- quadrivalence noun
- quadrivalency noun
- quadrivalently adverb
Etymology
Origin of quadrivalent
Example Sentences
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U.S. flu vaccines are likely to move from quadrivalent to trivalent due to a change in circulating influenza viruses, says a University of Michigan researcher.
From Science Daily • Feb. 29, 2024
Fluad quadrivalent: This vaccine contains the same amount of flu antigen as the standard shot but also contains something called an adjuvant.
From Washington Post • Dec. 12, 2022
Japan initially embraced HPV vaccines, approving GlaxoSmithKline’s bivalent shot—which protects against the two HPV types carrying the greatest cancer risk—in 2009, and Merck & Co.’s quadrivalent vaccine in 2011.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 28, 2022
William Schaffner, a professor of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center: The entire influenza vaccine manufacturing industry has been moving toward quadrivalent vaccines for a decade.
From Slate • Oct. 4, 2021
The oxygen atom in this nucleus is very strongly basic and exhibits its quadrivalent property by forming stable salts by direct addition of acid radicles.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
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