ligand
See also: Ligand
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin ligandus, gerundive of ligo (“bind”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlɪɡ.ənd/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈlɪɡ.ənd/, /ˈlaɪ.ɡənd/
- Rhymes: -ɪɡənd
Noun edit
ligand (plural ligands)
- (inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry) A molecule or moiety (ion, functional group, or radical) that binds to another chemical entity to form a larger complex; as, especially:
- (coordination chemistry) Such an entity that binds to a central metal atom to form a coordination complex.
- (biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, medicine) Such an entity that forms a complex with a biomolecule to serve a biological purpose.
- Holonym: complex
- (typography) A letter that orthography requires or allows to be ligated with one or more other letters to form a ligature, such as a in æ or o in œ.
- Holonym: ligature
Derived terms edit
- backbonding ligand
- bidentate ligand
- biligand
- bioligand
- bisligand
- bridging ligand
- coligand
- counterligand
- glycoligand
- heteroligand
- homoligand
- immunoligand
- interligand
- intraligand
- ligandable
- liganded
- ligand field theory
- ligandin
- liganding
- ligandless
- ligandlike
- ligandome
- ligandomic
- ligandomics
- macroligand
- monodentate ligand
- multidentate ligand
- multiligand
- neuroligand
- nonligand
- phospholigand
- postligand
- proligand
- pseudoligand
- radioligand
- sialoligand
- unliganded
Translations edit
something that binds to another chemical entity
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letter that must be ligated
See also edit
Anagrams edit
French edit
Noun edit
ligand m (plural ligands)
Further reading edit
- “ligand”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.