- polyvinylpyrrolidone
- poly·vi·nyl·pyrrolidone
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polyvinylpyrrolidone
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Polyvinylpyrrolidone — IUPAC name Polyvinylpyrrolidone … Wikipedia
polyvinylpyrrolidone-sodium hyaluronate gel — A gel used to lessen pain from mouth sores caused by chemotherapy or radiation therapy, oral surgery, braces, or disease. Polyvinylpyrrolidone sodium hyaluronate gel is being studied in the treatment of pain caused by mouth sores in children… … English dictionary of cancer terms
polyvinylpyrrolidone — Polymer used to bind phenols in plant homogenates, and hence to protect other molecules, especially enzymes, from inactivation by phenols. Also occasionally used to produce viscous media for gradient centrifugation … Dictionary of molecular biology
polyvinylpyrrolidone — /pol ee vuyn l pi roh li dohn , rol i /, n. Chem. a white, amorphous, water soluble powder, (C6H9NO) n, used chiefly as a vehicle in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals. Also called PVP [1940 45; POLYVINYL + PYRROLE + ID3 + ONE] * * * … Universalium
polyvinylpyrrolidone — SYN: povidone. * * * poly·vi·nyl·pyr·rol·i·done .vīn əl pi räl ə .dōn n a water soluble chemically inert solid polymer ( CH2CHC4H6NO )n used chiefly in medicine as a vehicle for drugs (as iodine) and esp. formerly as a plasma expander called also … Medical dictionary
polyvinylpyrrolidone — n. chemical substance used in the manufacture of medications food and many other products … English contemporary dictionary
polyvinylpyrrolidone — Abbreviation: PVP An occasional constituent of plant tissue culture isolation media. PVP is of variable molecular weight and of general formula (C6H9NO)n. Its antioxidant properties are used to prevent oxidative browning of excised plant tissues … Glossary of Biotechnology
polyvinylpyrrolidone — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ noun Etymology: poly + vinyl + pyrrolidone : a water soluble chemically inert solid polymer (−CH2CHC4H6NO−)n made by polymerization of N vinyl pyrrolidone and used chiefly in medicine as a vehicle for drugs (as iodine) and… … Useful english dictionary
polyvinylpyrrolidone-iodine complex — SYN: povidone iodine … Medical dictionary
PVP — polyvinylpyrrolidone. * * * … Universalium
