polyvalent

Adjective
  1. Containing several antibodies each capable of counteracting a specific antigen (synset 301552128)
    "a polyvalent vaccine"
    tells us about: valence, valency - (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
    referred to in: immunology - the branch of medical science that studies the body's immune system
  2. Having more than one valence, or having a valence of 3 or higher (synset 301550516)
    tells us about: valence, valency - (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent)
    referred to in: chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
    same as: multivalent

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