polyvalent
The English word “polyvalent” has 5 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Multivalent; having a number of different forms, purposes, meanings, aspects or principles.
- Having a high valence, especially more than three.
- Having multiple valencies.
- Containing antibodies to more than one kind of pathogen.
- Having several different syllabic or semantic meanings depending on the context.
Etymology
From poly- + -valent.
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