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A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | | Copyright

EDTA Ethylene diamine tetra‐acetic acid, a compound that forms stable chemical complexes with metal ions (i.e. a chelating agent). Also called versene, sequestrol, and sequestrene. It can be used both to remove metal ions from a solution (or at least to remove them from activity) and also to add metal ions, for example in plant fertilizers.

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A Dictionary of Biology | 2004 | Copyright

EDTA Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, (HOOCCH₂)₂N(CH₂)₂N(CH₂COOH)₂: a compound that acts as a chelating agent, reversibly binding with iron, magnesium, and other metal ions. It is used in certain culture media bound with iron, which it slowly releases into the medium, and also in some forms of quantitative analysis.

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A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | Copyright

EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) n. see edetate.

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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

EDTA see chelating agents .

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The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations | 1998 | | Copyright

EDTA (or edta) Chem. ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "EDTA." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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