nonavalentとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

nonavalent (not comparable)

1. (化学) Having an atomic valence of 9.
2. (medicine) Having a vaccine valence of 9.
   • 2015 April 2, Anna-Lise Williamson, Jane Grant-Kels, “The Interaction between Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Human Papillomaviruses in Heterosexuals in Africa”, in Journal of Clinical Medicine^[1], volume 4, DOI:10.3390/jcm4040579:

     The Merck nonavalent HPV vaccine that is currently being tested would be better than both of these, because it protects from infection from 9 HPV types but would still not impact on all HPV types.