elutev.
transitive. To wash out, cleanse. Now spec. [after German eluieren, in same sense] to wash (adsorbed matter) away from the substance that has adsorbed it.
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1731 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments v. 54 The more oily any Spirit is, the more pernicious, because it is harder to be eluted by the Blood.
1782–90 in N. Bailey
1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict.
1925 Fodor & Reifenberg in Biochem. Jrnl. 19 189 With a view to separating the proteins from other nitrogenous substances, we have tried to adsorb them by suitable adsorption media and afterwards to eluate [sic] them. [Note] We are adopting the terminology of Willstätter.]
1934 Nature 14 Apr. 554/1 From the adsorption on fuller's earth..the pigments were eluted by mixtures of pyridine and water.
1946 Nature 20 July 96/1 By varying the nature and concentration of the solution used in eluting the adsorbed cations, it should be possible to isolate them in successive fractions of eluate.
1951 W. G. Berl Physical Methods in Chem. Anal. II. 593 It is not necessary in this case to elute until the solutes appear in the effluent.
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eˈluted adj.
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1934 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 105 527 The solution of the eluted carotene was evaporated and the β-carotene recrystallized from n-heptane.
1966 Lancet 31 Dec. 1432/1 Iron-solubility tests were carried out on the eluted fractions of unlabelled gastric juice.
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