Medical Term:

equivalence

Pronunciation: ē-kwiv′ă-lens, -len-sē

Definition:

  1. The property of an element or radical of combining with or displacing, in definite and fixed proportion, another element or radical in a compound.
  2. The point in a precipitin test at which antibody and antigen are present in optimal proportions.

[L. aequus, equal, + valentia, strength (valence)]

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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.

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