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pentetic acid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pen-tet-ic acid
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA), a polyamino carboxylic acid consisting of a diethylenetriamine backbone modified with five carboxymethyl groups, used as a chelating agent to treat radioactive contamination.

Uncountable

Usage

Derived Forms

pentetate pentetreotide

Questions

What does pentetic acid mean?
Diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA), a polyamino carboxylic acid consisting of a diethylenetriamine backbone modified with five carboxymethyl groups, used as a chelating agent to treat radioactive contamination.

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