EDTA


Meaning of EDTA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌē-(ˌ)dē-(ˌ)tē-ˈā ]

noun

Etymology: e thylene d iamine t etra a cetic acid

Date: 1951

: a white crystalline acid C 10 H 16 N 2 O 8 used especially as a chelating agent, a preservative, and in medicine as an anticoagulant and in the treatment of lead poisoning

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