Associations to the word «Ligand»
Noun
- Vesicle
- Ig
- Enrichment
- Analog
- Insulin
- Pharmacology
- Phenotype
- Modulation
- Oxide
- Spectroscopy
- Ammonia
- Saturation
- Symmetry
- Hydrogen
- Bond
- Transition
- Gel
- Recruitment
- Concentration
- Hinge
- Transporter
- Synapse
- Characterization
- Tumor
- Occupancy
- Stabilization
- Separation
- Pi
- Pho
- Reaction
- Specific
- Stimulation
- Platelet
- Biochemistry
- Buffer
- Mechanism
- Plasma
- Aggregation
- Genes
- Hydrocarbon
- Resin
- Gene
- Decoy
- Intermediate
- Poly
- Mol
- Initiate
- Sigma
- Factor
- Condensation
- Sulfide
- Tran
- Polymerase
- Manganese
- Nitrate
- Peg
- Serum
- Screening
- Oxygen
- Homo
- Cluster
- Retention
- Attachment
- Target
- Matrice
- Stability
- Matrix
Adjective
Wiktionary
LIGAND, noun. (chemistry) An ion, molecule, or functional group that binds to another chemical entity to form a larger complex.
LIGAND FIELD THEORY, noun. (chemistry) (physics) a theory, a combination of the earlier crystal field theory with molecular orbital theory, that describes the structure of coordination compounds
Dictionary definition
LIGAND, noun. A substance (an atom or molecule or radical or ion) that forms a complex around a central atom.
Wise words
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is
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