POLYMERIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does polymeric mean? 

• POLYMERIC (adjective)
  The adjective POLYMERIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or consisting of a polymer

  Familiarity information: POLYMERIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLYMERIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or consisting of a polymer

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

a polymeric compound

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

A polymeric nanoparticle (PNP) formulation containing the taxane docetaxel, a semi-synthetic analogue of paclitaxel, with antineoplastic activity.

(Docetaxel-PNP, NCI Thesaurus)

An extracellular coating of polymeric sugars or glycoproteins.

(Glycocalyx, NCI Thesaurus)

Nanoscale hollow polymeric vessels that have the potential to be utilized to selectively deliver hydrophobic drugs to specific sites within individual cells.

(Nanocontainer, NCI Thesaurus)

The polymeric immunoglobulin receptor is a model system to study protein traffic in epithelial cells.

(Basolateral Sorting Signal, NCI Thesaurus)

DNA Synthesis Rescue involves resumption of DNA synthesis, polymeric linkage of deoxyribonucleotides by phosphate linkage, following arrest of DNA synthesis due to DNA damage.

(DNA Synthesis Rescue, NCI Thesaurus)

This finding therefore opens a novel field of the greatest interest, about microbial precipitation in seawater and the role of extracellular polymeric substances in mineral precipitation and the absorption of diverse metals.

(Researchers discover the oceanic precipitation mechanism for barium, which is a proxy for marine bacterial productivity, University of Granada)

A systemic administered polymeric micelle containing paclitaxel that may be used for chronic inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.

(Micellar Paclitaxel, NCI Thesaurus)

Ensure is a type of polymeric enteral nutrition formula and a type of dietary supplement.

(Ensure, NCI Dictionary)

Immunoglobulin Binding Proteins temporarily and non-covalently interact through physical forces of attraction and spatial complementarity with structurally-related Y-shaped monomeric or polymeric glycoproteins produced by B-lymphocytes that function as antibodies.

(Immunoglobulin Binding Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

A polymeric prodrug consisting of the fumagillol-derived small molecule XMT-1191 tethered to the hydrophilic, biodegradable70 kDa polymer poly[1-hydroxymethylethylene hydroxymethylformal] (PHF) with potential antiangiogenic and antineoplastic activities.

(Fumagillin-Derived Polymer Conjugate XMT-1107, NCI Thesaurus)