Meaning & use
monovalent
Having a valence of one; able to combine with or replace only one atom of hydrogen, or, in medicine, targeting a single strain or type.
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Sodium is a monovalent element that readily forms one bond with chlorine.
The clinic offered a monovalent vaccine that protects against a single strain of the virus.
A note on using this word
Monovalent appears mainly in chemistry, describing bonding capacity, and in medicine, describing vaccines or antibodies that target only one antigen.
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