- the process of chelating.
- Medicine/Medical.
- a method of removing certain heavy metals from the bloodstream, used especially in treating lead or mercury poisoning.
- a controversial treatment for arteriosclerosis that attempts to remove calcium deposits from the inner walls of the coronary arteries.
- the process by which a chelate is formed
- the process by which trace elements in an animal's feed are bonded to amino acids, ensuring their absorption into the animal's body
- the chemical removal of metallic ions in a mineral or rock by weathering
