HYDROGEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydrogel mean? 

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

1. a colloidal gel in which water is the dispersion medium

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDROGEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colloidal gel in which water is the dispersion medium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

colloidal gel; gel (a colloid in a more solid form than a sol)

 Context examples 

Hydrogels are a 3-D water swollen polymer network, similar to Jell-O, simulating the structure of human tissues.

(Injectable Bandage Created, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

It contains a wireless, programmable iontophoresis interface, which is placed on a hydrogel containing molecules that stimulate sweat.

(Diagnosing cystic fibrosis with wearable devices, NIH)

The polymer poly (methylmethacrylate-co-methacrylic acid) was found to present the best biological and chemical characteristics, and was thus selected to synthesize hydrogels for use as 3D matrices.

(Scientists design a new hydrogel that helps regenerate cartilage, University of Granada)

A viscous, oral hydrogel rinse intended for the management of oral mucositis/stomatitis.

(Mucoadhesive Oral Wound Rinse, NCI Thesaurus)

In turn, hydrogel products can be applied to the prevention of thrombosis, post-operative adhesion formations, and as coatings for biosensors.

(Glycol Dimethacrylate, NCI Thesaurus)

They laced the hydrogel with hydrating silk proteins that promote healing and regeneration, then added progesterone.

(Scientists Help Frogs to Regenerate Their Limbs with Bioreactor Device, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The basic movements of the material, shaped into films, sponges, and hydrogels, are induced by nearby permanent or electromagnets and can exhibit as bending, twisting, and expansion.

(New Materials Developed by Scientists Able to Move in Response to Light, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Researchers developed a liver-inspired 3-D device made of hydrogel and nanoparticles that can remove toxins from blood.

(3-D gel-nanoparticle device detoxifies blood, NIH)

The four ingredients of collagen/aloe vera/vitamin E/lidocaine topical hydrogel may promote wound repair and new tissue growth in which: collagen, a structural protein in connective tissue, provides a connective tissue matrix for the attachment of various cells involved in wound repair; aloe vera carbohydrate polymers provide a moist wound environment; vitamin E promotes blood vessel formation; and lidocaine acts as a local anesthetic.

(Collagen/Aloe Vera/Vitamin E/Lidocaine Topical Hydrogel, NCI Thesaurus)

First, the implantation of the hydrogel in immunocompetent mice showed that the material is totally biocompatible, presenting no signs of rejection by the organism.

(Scientists design a new hydrogel that helps regenerate cartilage, University of Granada)