COPOLYMER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does copolymer mean? 

• COPOLYMER (noun)
  The noun COPOLYMER has 1 sense:

1. a polymer consisting of two or more different monomers

  Familiarity information: COPOLYMER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COPOLYMER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A polymer consisting of two or more different monomers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("copolymer" is a kind of...):

polymer (a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers)

Derivation:

copolymerise; copolymerize (polymerize together)

 Context examples 

DACH-platin micelle NC-4016 is prepared through the formation of a polymer-metal complex between DACH-platin and the polyethylene glycol-poly (glutamic acid) block copolymer, PEG-P(Glu).

(DACH-Platin Micelle NC-4016, NCI Thesaurus)

The solutions had a copolymer called P407 or a modified copolymer called P407-PBP.

(Developing novel ear infection treatments, NIH)

A copolymer conjugate of the antineoplastic anthracycline doxorubicin and the water-soluble polymer N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide (HPMA).

(Doxorubicin-HPMA Conjugate, NCI Thesaurus)

A prolonged-release depot suspension of microparticles containing the acetate salt of lanreotide, a synthetic peptide analog of the naturally occurring somatostatin, and copolymers.

(Lanreotide Acetate Copolymer Microparticles, NCI Thesaurus)

A controlled-release, intratumoral paclitaxel formulation in which paclitaxel is incorporated into a thermosensitive, biodegradable triblock copolymer consisting of poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) and polyethylene glycol (PEG).

(PGLA/PEG Copolymer-Based Paclitaxel, NCI Thesaurus)

In micellar nanoparticle-encapsulated cisplatin NC-6004, cisplatin forms a polymer-metal complex with hydrophilic polyethylene glycol poly(glutamic acid) block copolymers by attaching to the micelle inner core consisting of the hydrophobic polyamino acids.

(Micellar Nanoparticle-Encapsulated Cisplatin NC-6004, NCI Thesaurus)

A nonionic block copolymer adjuvant used to enhance viral or non-viral polynucleotide delivery in gene therapy vaccines.

(CRL 1005, NCI Thesaurus)

This polymer drug delivery system consists of cytotoxic diaminocyclohexane (DACH)-platinum (Pt) coupled to a water-soluble biocompatible hydroxypropylmethacrylamide (HPMA) copolymer via a pH sensitive linker.

(DACH Polymer Platinate AP5346, NCI Thesaurus)

A positively charged, non-digestible, triamine and epoxypropane copolymer anion-exchange resin that binds to bile acids in the intestine to form an insoluble complex, which is excreted in the feces.

(Colestipol, NCI Thesaurus)

Bromoethene is mainly used in the production of polymers and copolymers for rubber, plastic, leather and fabricated metal production.

(Bromoethene, NCI Thesaurus)