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polymer Audio
pol·y·mer [ pol-uh-mer ]
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Biomedical and Dental Materials
Definitions related to polymers:
  • A molecule made up of small identical molecules called monomers. The monomers are joined together in a repeating pattern.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A substance made up of variable numbers of repeating structural units linked through covalent bonds.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Compounds formed by the joining of smaller, usually repeating, units linked by covalent bonds; these compounds often form large macromolecules; for example, plastics, polypeptides, polysaccharides, and nucleic acids.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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