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... > Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Polyethylene Glycols > Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Polyethylene Glycols > Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate
Macromolecular Substances > Polymers > Polyethylene Glycols > Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate
... > Organic Chemicals > Alcohols > Glycols > Ethylene Glycols > Polyethylene Glycols > Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate
... > Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Dental Materials > Resins, Synthetic > Acrylic Resins > Polymethacrylic Acids > Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Dental Materials > Resins, Synthetic > Acrylic Resins > Polymethacrylic Acids > Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate
... > Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Plastics > Resins, Synthetic > Acrylic Resins > Polymethacrylic Acids > Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Plastics > Resins, Synthetic > Acrylic Resins > Polymethacrylic Acids > Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate
... > Macromolecular Substances > Polymers > Plastics > Resins, Synthetic > Acrylic Resins > Polymethacrylic Acids > Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate
... > Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Acids, Acyclic > Acrylates > Polymethacrylic Acids > Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate

Preferred term

Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A biocompatible, hydrophilic, inert gel that is permeable to tissue fluids. It is used as an embedding medium for microscopy, as a coating for implants and prostheses, for contact lenses, as microspheres in adsorption research, etc.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 25249-16-5
  • 2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, 2-hydroxyethyl ester, homopolymer
  • Glycol Methacrylate Gel
  • Hydroxymethacrylate Gel
  • PHEMA
  • Polyglycol Methacrylate
  • Poly-Hema

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-LTRVQNFF-6

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