univalent

About 0.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having an atomic valence of 1, or having only one valence.
2. adjective Having a vaccine valence of 1.
3. adjective Of, or relating to, a chromosome that is not paired with its homologous chromosome during synapsis.
4. adjective injective.
5. noun Any univalent chromosome.

Similar words

monovalent monobasic monoionic multivalenced unary univalvate polyvalent bivalent monoelectronic homonuclear

Often followed by

ions and ion cations electrolyte cation electrolytes element chromosomes

Word family

univalents