monodentate
adjective
mono·den·tate ˌmä-nō-ˈden-ˌtāt 
chemistry
: attached to the central atom in a coordination complex by one bond —used of ligands and chelating groups
Upon inhibitor binding, this water is replaced with the zinc-binding group of the inhibitor in either a bidentate or a monodentate manner.
Sandor Cseh et al., Drugs, May 2010
compare bidentate, polydentate, tridentate Sandor Cseh et al., Drugs, May 2010
Word History
First Known Use
1949, in the meaning defined above
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