chelation

chelation
Complex formation involving a metal ion and two or more polar groupings of a single molecule; thus, in heme, the Fe2+ ion is chelated by the porphyrin ring. C. can be used to remove an ion from participation in biological reactions, as in the c. of Ca2+ of blood by EDTA, which thus acts as an anticoagulant. [G. chele, claw]

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che·la·tion (ke-laґshən) combination with a metal in complexes in which the metal is part of a ring.

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