trace element

1. 1.

   an element that occurs at very small quantities in the body but is nonetheless important for many biological processes

   Broaderchemical element

Questions about trace element

What does trace element mean?

trace element means "an element that occurs at very small quantities in the body but is nonetheless important for many biological processes".

Is trace element a common word?

trace element is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.