Definition of heptavalent in English:
heptavalent
adjectiveˌhɛptəˈveɪl(ə)ntˌheptəˈvālənt
Chemistry Having a valency of seven.
Example sentencesExamples
- Administration of trivalent licensed antitoxin or heptavalent botulinum may prevent or decrease a patient's progression to respiratory failure and hasten recovery.
- Eskola and colleagues reported the results of a large, randomized, double-blind trial in Finland to test the ability of a heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine to prevent acute otitis media.
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved the labeling of a new conjugate heptavalent pneumococcal vaccine for use in infants and children.
- There is no evidence before me of the solubility either of divalent or of heptavalent manganese.
- The new heptavalent conjugated pneumococcal vaccine should be given from two months of age.