Substance
material
ma·te·ri·al [ muh-teer-ee-uhl ]
Definitions related to materials:
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Any thing that has extension in space and mass, may be of living or non-living origin.NCI Health Level 7 VocabularyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2018
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General term for structural metal, plastic, fabric, and other components of devices, equipment, buildings, apparel, etc.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A physical substance or system. Example(s): drugs such as aspirin devices such as pacemakers or freezers systems such as software programs biologics such as blood food products such as broccoli cosmetics such as lipstick containers such as a blister pack or a test tube.BRIDG Model DictionaryBiomedical Research Integrated Domain Group, 2019
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A physical substance. Example(s): drug, device, specimen.BRIDG Model DictionaryBiomedical Research Integrated Domain Group, 2019
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