bivalent

About 0.24 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having a valence of 2; having two ligands.
2. adjective Of, or relating to a pair of homologous synapsed chromosomes that occur during meiosis.
3. adjective Of a vaccine, protecting against two different viruses.
4. noun Any bivalent chromosome.

Similar words

divalent double heteromorphic homobivalent bidentate multivalenced polyvalent multivalent multidentate quadrivalent

Often followed by

cations and ions metal metals chromosomes in logic iron

Word family

bivalents