ScienceAugust 4, 2026

eluate

EL-yoo-ayt

Definition

The liquid substance extracted or removed from a solid material through a filtration, chromatography, or washing process.

Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'eluere', meaning 'to wash out'. It entered technical and scientific English in the early 20th century to describe the liquid resulting from the elution process.

In the news

In the article, researchers used a blood-cleansing machine and identified PFAS and other pollutants in the eluate, which is the waste fraction that the machine filters out and discards from the patient's blood.

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