monodentate

adjective

mono·​den·​tate ˌmä-nō-ˈden-ˌtāt 

chemistry

: attached to the central atom in a coordination complex by one bond

—used of ligands and chelating groups

Upon inhibitor binding, this water is replaced with the zinc-binding group of the inhibitor in either a bidentate or a monodentate manner.

—Sandor Cseh et al., Drugs, May 2010

compare bidentate, polydentate, tridentate

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

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